Commando 41-24704
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24704
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26625
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU265
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1943 to August 1944
41-24704 - USAAF (USA)
19 September 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
25 December 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.
25 May 1944
Went missing 128 km south of Sookerating, Assam, India (some fatalities). [MACR 5293]
Pilot: William D. Schoensee (survived)
28 August 1944
Condemned for salvage.