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Commando 41-24641

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24641

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26562

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU202

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1943 to January 1944

  41-24641 - USAAF (USA)


19 July 1943

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

20 August 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

31 December 1943

Crashed near Mohanbari, Assam, India after the crew bailed out following fuel exhaustion (no fatalities).

Pilot: David V. Sunbury

5 January 1944

Condemned for salvage.