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Commando 41-24693

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24693

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26614

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU254

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1943 to August 1944

  41-24693 - USAAF (USA)


15 September 1943

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

19 December 1943

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

16 July 1944

Went missing over India (3/3 missing).

Crew:
Capt Ralph B. Johnston, Pilot
FO John I. McCall, Copilot
Sgt Chester Andrews, Radio Operator

17 July 1944

Condemned for salvage. [MACR 7134]

Last edited: 18/01/2019