Commando 41-24661
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24661
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26582
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU222
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1943 to December 1943
41-24661 - USAAF (USA)
2 August 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
12 September 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
22 December 1943
Damaged beyond repair in Sookerating, Assam, India in a takeoff accident (1/3 fatalities).
Crew: 1st Lt Robert M. Smith, killed
And others
23 December 1943
Condemned for salvage.