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Commando 41-12431

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12431

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26558

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU198

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1943 to September 1943

  41-12431 - USAAF (USA)

14 July 1943

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

7 September 1943

Damaged beyond repair in Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China in a crash-landing after a double engine failure (no fatalities).

The crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing following a double engine failure. The pilot completed a belly landing and while the Commando was damaged beyond repair, there were no casualties.

Pilot: A. B. Hart

8 September 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group, 100th Transport Squadron based in Sookerating, Assam, India, but not taken up due to the above accident.