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Commando 41-24692

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24692

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26613

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU253

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1943 to August 1944

  41-24692 - USAAF (USA)


15 September 1943

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

7 January 1944

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

10 August 1944

Damaged beyond repair near Mohanbari, Assam, India in a fatal accident.

Pilot: Willis L. North

11 August 1944

Condemned for salvage.