Commando 41-24679

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24679

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26600

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU240

FATE: Broken up

  September 1943 to December 1945

  41-24679 - USAAF (USA)

1 September 1943

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

15 September 1943

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

28 January 1944

Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India due to structural failure.

Pilot: Raymond E. Benson

13 July 1944

Received major damage in Chanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Carl A. Barter

1 October 1944

Condemned for salvage.

22 August 1944

Repaired and reinstated. [dates discrepancy]

9 November 1944

Received major damage in Luliang, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Frank P. Skillen

Unknown date

Assigned to Mohanbari, Assam, India.

11 July 1945

Received major damage in Missamari, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Thomas P. Hingston

21 December 1945

Probably assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.