Commando 41-24696
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24696
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26617
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU257
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1943 to February 1944
41-24696 - USAAF (USA)
30 September 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
22 December 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.
31 January 1944
Crashed 20 miles northeast of Yangkai, Yunnan, China after crew bailed out (fatalities). [MACR 2092]
Pilot: Everett Cone
2 February 1944
Condemned for salvage.