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.