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Commando 41-24686

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24686

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26607

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU247

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  August 1943 to January 1946

  41-24686 - USAAF (USA)


30 August 1943

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

1 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 9, Mohanbari, Assam, India.

2 February 1944

Received minor damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

14 January 1946

Damaged beyond repair in unknown circumstances.

15 January 1946

Condemned for salvage.