Commando 41-24684

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24684

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26605

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU245

FATE: Written off

  September 1943 to June 1944

  41-24684 - USAAF (USA)

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3 September 1943

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

22 February 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, based at Station 3, Tejgaon, Bengal, India.

11 June 1944

Destroyed 40 miles southwest of Calcutta, Bengal, India after the crew bailed out following an engine failure. [date also reported as 1 June 1944, typo?]

Pilot: Jay J. Grimm

13 June 1944

Condemned for salvage.