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Commando 41-24649

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24649

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26570

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU210

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  July 1943 to September 1947

  41-24649 - USAAF (USA)


July 1943

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

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 30th Transport Group, 303rd Transport Squadron based in Mohanbari, Assam, India.

31 October 1943

Received major damage in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Alva N. Hicks Jr

21 February 1944

Received major damage in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Harold S. Tanney

  September 1947 to unknown date

  41-24649 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2347th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Long Beach AFB, CA.

16 November 1952

Received minor damage at Long Beach AFB, CA in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: James F. Berry

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2343rd Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Portland International, OR.

27 February 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

2 February 1959

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Last edited: 13/01/2019