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Commando 41-24655

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24655

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26576

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU216

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1943 to October 1943

  41-24655 - USAAF (USA)


30 July 1943

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

29 August 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group, 100th Transport Squadron based in Sookerating, Assam, India.

23 October 1943

Damaged beyond repair, and condemned for salvage. [MACR 806, which wrongly reports the S/N as 41-23655]

Last edited: 13/01/2019