Commando 41-12411

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

  June 1943 to January 1946

  41-12411 - USAAF (USA)

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23 June 1943

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

20 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1^st 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 3^rd 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