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Commando 41-24709

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24709

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26630

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU270

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1943 to September 1944

  41-24709 - USAAF (USA)

20 September 1943

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

2 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

5 September 1944

Damaged beyond repair in a belly landing in Chabua, Assam, India (no fatalities).

Pilot: Henry C. Gilmore

9 September 1944

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 19/01/2019