Commando 41-24698
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24698
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26619
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU259
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1943 to August 1944
41-24698 - USAAF (USA)
16 September 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
2 January 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 9, Mohanbari, Assam, India.
16 June 1944
Received major damage in Dinjan, Assam, India in a landing accident.
Pilot: Robert E. Kirby
4 July 1944
Crashed at an unknown location after the crew bailed out following an engine failure. [MACR 7179]
Pilot: John D. Akers
4 August 1944
Condemned for salvage.
Right: 41-24698 pictured landing at Kunming, Yunnan, China in late 1943.
Photo credit: Don Greer / In Action No.1188, by Terry Love, Squadron/Signal Publication
