Commando 41-24663

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24663

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26584

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU224

FATE: Written off

  August 1943 to November 1943

  41-24663 - USAAF (USA)

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5 August 1943

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

3 September 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 30^th Transport Group, 302^nd Transport Squadron based in Mohanbari, Assam, India.

18 November 1943

Went missing near Chengkung, Yunnan, China (2/2 fatalities).

The Commando crashed in unknown circumstances shortly after takeoff from Kunming, in the Chenggong district. Both crew members were killed.

Crew:
1^st Lt John Alexander Vick
S/Sgt John S. Sybo

20 November 1943

Condemned for salvage.