Commando 41-24681
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24681
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26602
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU242
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1943 to May 1944
41-24681 - USAAF (USA)
3 September 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
3 February 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 9, Mohanbari, Assam, India.
10 July 1944
Received major damage in Chanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.
Pilot: Grover Huppel
20 May 1945
Damaged beyond repair in a takeoff accident due to fire in the China-Burma-India theatre.
Pilot: Edward B. English
23 May 1944
Condemned for salvage.