Commando 41-12417
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12417
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26544
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU184
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
June 1943 to November 1943
41-12417 - USAAF (USA)
28 June 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
31 July 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1st Transport Group based in Chabua, Assam, India.
17 November 1943
Destroyed in a fatal accident east of Kunming, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out. [MACR 1207]
18 November 1943
Condemned for salvage.