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Commando 41-12414

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12414

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26541

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU181

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  June 1943 to February 1944

  41-12414 - USAAF (USA)


24 June 1943

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

17 July 1943

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

3 February 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a crash landing (no fatalities).

While flying north of Mohanbari Airport, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The Commando was damaged beyond repair during the crash landing while no one was injured.

4 February 1944

Condemned for salvage.