Commando 41-24659
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24659
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26580
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU220
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
August 1943 to September 1947
41-24659 - USAAF (USA)
August 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Unknown date
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 30th Transport Group based in Mohanbari, Assam, India.
21 November 1943
Damaged in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a ground accident while parked.
September 1947 to March 1965
41-24659 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to 2473rd Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Offutt AFB, NE.
22 October 1949
Received minor damage at Offutt AFB, NE in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Joseph L. Schaffren
Unknown date
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. [no trace of this Commando in AMARC archives]
March 1965 to unknown date
N91369 - C-46 PARTS INC. (USA)
2 March 1965
Purchased from USAF.
1966
Registered.
1967
Registration cancelled.
Unknown date
Used for parts and scrapped in Tucson, AZ.