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Commando 41-24676

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24676

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26597

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU237

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  August 1943 to January 1944

  41-24676 - USAAF (USA)

25 August 1943

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

1 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

18 January 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Sookerating, Assam, India when it ground-looped on landing (no fatalities).

Pilot: Donald T. Stiff

17 January 1944

Condemned for salvage.