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Commando 41-24675

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24675

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26596

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU236

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  August 1943 to January 1946

  41-24675 - USAAF (USA)


25 August 1943

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

4 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

6 January 1944

Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: John H. Sha?el [unreadable]

10 January 1944

Condemned for salvage by AFMSC.

13 April 1944

Repaired and reinstated.

2 July 1944

Received major damage in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

4 August 1944

Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a bird strike.

Pilot: Clyde H. Hahn

8 December 1944

Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Glenn R. Townsend

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

18 January 1946

Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.