Commando 41-24662
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24662
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26583
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU223
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1943 to February 1944
41-24662 - USAAF (USA)
2 August 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
3 September 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group, 100th Transport Squadron based in Sookerating, Assam, India.
10 November 1943
Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a landing accident.
11 February 1944
Crashed over the China-Burma-India theatre after the crew bailed out following an engine failure.
Pilot: Earl L. Higbie
18 February 1944
Condemned for salvage. [date sometimes reported as 2 November 1944]