Commando 41-24677
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24677
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26598
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU238
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1943 to June 1944
41-24677 - USAAF (USA)
30 August 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
11 September 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based in Sookerating, Assam, India.
4 June 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Chittagong, Bengal, India when an engine failed on takeoff.
Pilot: John E. Kephart (survived)
Condemned for salvage.
Last edited: 17/01/2019