Commando 41-24653
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24653
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26574
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU214
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1943 to February 1944
41-24653 - USAAF (USA)
28 July 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
15 August 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 30th Transport Group, 304th Transport Squadron based in Mohanbari, Assam, India.
14 October 1943
Received major damage in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a landing accident.
Pilot: William F. Evans
22 February 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Mohanbari, Assam, India (some fatalities).
Pilot: 1st Lt Theodore O. Munson, deceased the next day
24 February 1944
Condemned for salvage.