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Commando 41-12421

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12421

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26548

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU188

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1943 to September 1943

  41-12421 - USAAF (USA)


3 July 1943

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

15 August 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1st Transport Group, 6th Transport Squadron based in Chabua, Assam, India.

14 September 1943

Damaged beyond repair in a takeoff accident from Mohanbari, Assam, India (no fatalities).

Pilot: Robert F. Young