Commando 41-12415

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12415

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26542

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU182

FATE: Written off

  June 1943 to December 1943

  41-12415 - USAAF (USA)

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24 June 1943

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

17 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1^st Transport Group, 13^th Transport Squadron based in Chabua, Assam, India.

24 July 1943

Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Ronald E. Marsolais (survived)

Sometime in 1943

Assigned to ATC India China Wing, 29^th Transport Group, 301^th Transport Squadron, based in Sookerating, Assam, India.

29 November 1943

Damaged beyond repair near Sookerating, Assam, India in a crash landing.

The Commando was destroyed by fire after a crash landing, killing at least one occupant.

Pilot: 2^nd Lt Carrick W. Heiskell, killed [often misspelled as "Garrick"]

17 December 1943

Condemned for salvage.

 

Right: Chinese coolies lower drums of fuel from 41-12415 into a waiting truck in Kunming, Yunnan, China, 1943.
Photo credit: USAF