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Commando 41-24691

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24691

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26612

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU252

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1943 to August 1944

  41-24691 - USAAF (USA)


15 September 1943

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

23 March 1944

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

1 August 1944

Damaged beyond repair in the China-Burma-India theatre following an engine failure. [MACR 7104]

Pilot: William B. Koch III (survived)

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 18/01/2019