Commando 41-24703

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24703

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26624

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU264

FATE: Written off

  September 1943 to February 1944

  41-24703 - USAAF (USA)

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19 September 1943

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

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

15 January 1944

Departed the USA for the ferry flight to Assam, India.

24 February 1944

Damaged beyond repair in unknown circumstances, and condemned for salvage. [as quoted by AB]

23 August 1944

Damaged beyond repair in a fatal crash 18 km northwest of Kunming, Yunnan, China. [as quoted by JB & AAIR]

 

Right & below: 41-24703 in flight, probably in the USA before leaving for India.
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