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Commando 41-12419

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12419

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26546

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU186

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  June 1943 to December 1943

  41-12419 - USAAF (USA)


29 June 1943

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

31 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group, 99th Transport Squadron based in Sookerating, Assam, India.

10 December 1943

Went missing between Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China and Sookerating, Assam, India (no fatalities, all 4 crew returned). [MACR 1408]

Crew:
Richard S. Wilkins
1st Lt Edward L. Rugg
Two unknown crewmembers

11 December 1943

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 07/01/2019