Commando 41-24706
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24706
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26627
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU267
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
September 1943 to January 1946
41-24706 - USAAF (USA)
20 September 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
18 January 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
26 September 1944
Received major damage in Chanyi, Yunnan, China in a forced landing due to engine failure.
Pilot: Marc W. Edwards
6 April 1945
Received major damage in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.
Pilot: Ralph C. Fork
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
21 January 1946
Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.