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Commando 41-24647

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24647

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26568

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU208

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1943 to August 1943

  41-24647 - USAAF (USA)


23 July 1943

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

18 August 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1st Transport Group, 6th Transport Squadron based in Chabua, Assam, India.

26 August 1943

Destroyed on the ground when struck by landing Commando 41-12427 at Chabua, Assam, India (no fatalities).