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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.