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Commando 41-24697

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24697

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26618

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU258

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1943 to September 1944

  41-24697 - USAAF (USA)


15 September 1943

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

23 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.

11 July 1944

Received major damage in Chanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Frederick P. Smith Jr

6 September 1944

Damaged beyond repair in unknown circumstances, and condemned for salvage.