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Commando 41-24666

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24666

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26587

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU227

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  August 1943 to November 1943

  41-24666 - USAAF (USA)


7 August 1943

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

8 September 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1st Transport Group based at Chabua, Assam, India.

2 November 1943

Went missing on a flight between India and China. [MACR 1082]

Pilot: Harold P. Gilmer

4 November 1943

Condemned for salvage.

 

Last edited: 14/01/2019