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Commando 41-24690

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24690

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26611

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU251

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1943 to August 1944

  41-24690 - USAAF (USA)


15 September 1943

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

20 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.

19 June 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Missamari, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Albert D. Beaupre

2 August 1944

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 18/01/2019