Commando 41-24712
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24712
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26633
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU273
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1943 to September 1944
41-24712 - USAAF (USA)
21 September 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
23 December 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
1 September 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a landing accident (no fatalities).
Pilot: Francis E. Scott
12 September 1944
Condemned for salvage.