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.