Commando 41-24682
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24682
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26603
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU243
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1943 to February 1944
41-24682 - USAAF (USA)
3 September 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
27 January 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
17 February 1944
Went missing over China. [MACR 3010]
Pilot: Harold H. Barton (survived, later became a USAF Lt Col and flew the Berlin Airlift)
18 February 1944
Condemned for salvage.