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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.