Commando 41-24685
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24685
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26606
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU246
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1943 to January 1944
41-24685 - USAAF (USA)
3 September 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
10 December 1943
Assigned to the 10th Air Force based in Assam, India.
14 January 1944
Crashed north of Ledo, Assam, India after the crew bailed out. [MACR 1997]
Pilot: William J. Masters
29 January 1944
Condemned for salvage.