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Commando 41-24678

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24678

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26599

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU239

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1943 to August 1944

  41-24678 - USAAF (USA)


2 September 1943

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

14 November 1943

Assigned to Buffalo, NY.

30 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based in Sookerating, Assam, India.

31 July 1944

Crashed 10 miles northwest of Kunming, Yunnan, China after crew bailed out.

Pilot: Charles C. Allen

2 August 1944

Condemned for salvage.