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.