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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