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Commando 41-24640

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24640

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26561

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU201

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1943 to February 1944

  41-24640 - USAAF (USA)


18 July 1943

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

Assigned to Wright Field, OH.

2 January 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based in Chabua, Assam, India.

22 February 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Chabua, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Joseph Lessard

9 February 1944

Condemned for salvage. [dates discrepancy]

Last edited: 13/01/2019