Commando 41-24673
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24673
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26594
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU234
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1943 to January 1944
41-24673 - USAAF (USA)
25 August 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
7 December 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1st Transport Group, 6th Transport Squadron based in Chabua, Assam, India.
24 January 1944
Damaged beyond repair in a landing accident in Chengkung, Yunnan, China. [accident date is quoted as 3 March 1944 by several sources (JB, PL, ASN, AAIR)]
Pilot: Wilfred R. Bendy
Condemned for salvage.