Commando 41-12430
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12430
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26557
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU197
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1943 to August 1943
41-12430 - USAAF (USA)
11 July 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Unknown date
Assigned to ATC Domestic Wing, 2nd Ferrying Group, 12th Ferrying Squadron, based in Logan Field, MD.
20 July 1943
Received major damage in Georgetown, British Guyana in a landing accident. The Commando was being ferried from the USA to India.
Pilot: Frederick W. Weiss
19 August 1943
Destroyed over the Yunnan province of China after the crew bailed out following an engine failure (no fatalities).
Enroute, an engine failed, forcing the crew to bail out. Out of control, the Commando dove into the ground and crashed. All four crew were unhurt.
23 August 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group, based in Sookerating, Assam, India, but not taken up due to the above accident.
Condemned for salvage.