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Commando 41-24689

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24689

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26610

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU250

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  August 1943 to January 1944

  41-24689 - USAAF (USA)


31 August 1943

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

22 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

17 January 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Curtis E. Honeter

20 January 1944

Condemned for salvage.