Commando 41-24642

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24642

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26563

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU203

FATE: Written off

  July 1943 to December 1943

  41-24642 - USAAF (USA)

19 July 1943

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

2 August 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29^th Transport Group, 301^st Transport Squadron based in Sookerating, Assam, India. [quoted by FAG as being assigned to the 100^th Transport Squadron]

12 December 1943

Damaged beyond repair near Ledo, Assam, India (1/3 fatality). [1/4 fatalities according to FAG]

The Commando crashed 22 miles east of Ledo while on a supply mission to Kunming, Yunnan, China. The three crew members bailed out, but only two survived. 1^st Lt Kenneth P. Eakin's body was never found. The exact circumstances of the accident remain unknown.

Pilot: 1^st Lt Kenneth P. Eakin

14 December 1943

Condemned for salvage.