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Commando 41-12411

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12411

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26538

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU178

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  June 1943 to January 1946

  41-12411 - USAAF (USA)


23 June 1943

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

20 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1st Transport Group based at Chabua, Assam, India.

30 August 1943

Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

Pilot: John M. Montgomery

1 November 1943

Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India due to a bird strike.

Pilot: Joseph Lessard

2 February 1944

Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

30 August 1944

Assigned to Brookley Field, AL.

Unknown date

Probably based at the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU) based at Reno AAF, NV.

14 November 1945

Salvaged at Reno AAF, NV.

3 January 1946

Reclamation completed at Reno AAF, NV.

 

Right: loading an airplane onto 41-12411, somewhere in Assam, India.
Photo credit: USAF

Last edited: 07/01/2019