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Commando 41-24656

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24656

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26577

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU217

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  July 1943 to January 1946

  41-24656 - USAAF (USA)


31 July 1943

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

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2nd Operational Training Unit (2 OTU) based at Homestead AAF, FL.

28 November 1943

Received major damage at Homestead AAF, FL in a landing accident.

Pilot: William R. White

14 November 1945

Salvaged at Reno AAF, NV.

3 January 1946

Reclamation completed at Reno AAF, NV.