Commando 41-24707

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24707

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26628

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU268

FATE: Written off

  September 1943 to January 1944

  41-24707 - USAAF (USA)

20 September 1943

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

Assigned to ATC Domestic Wing, 2^nd Ferrying Group, 27^th Ferrying Squadron based at New Castle AAB, DE.

10 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

25 December 1943

Damaged in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Eugene B. Sterling (pictured; survived and later became a USAF Major General)

31 January 1944

Condemned for salvage.