Commando 41-24698

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

  September 1943 to August 1944

  41-24698 - USAAF (USA)

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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