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Commando 41-24652

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24652

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26573

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU213

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1943 to October 1943

  41-24652 - USAAF (USA)


25 July 1943

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

10 August 1943

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

19 September 1943

Damaged beyond repair after an engine failure in Mohanbari, Assam, India.

Pilot: Lawrence E. Spear

14 October 1943

Condemned for salvage.