Commando 41-24701
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24701
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26622
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU262
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1943 to February 1944
41-24701 - USAAF (USA)
15 September 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
18 January 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
2 March 1944
Received major damage in Chanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.
Pilot: Henry T. Fulton
8 May 1944
Went missing over China. The crew apparently bailed out and the aircraft crashed. [MACR 4883]
Pilot: Robert A. Sherry
Condemned for salvage. [date quoted as 17 February 1944 by AB]