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Commando 41-24713

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24713

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26634

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU274

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1943 to December 1943

  41-24713 - USAAF (USA)


22 September 1943

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

18 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

30 December 1943

Damaged beyond repair in Sookerating, Assam, India after a takeoff accident following an engine failure.

Pilot: Raymond G. Lundahl

31 December 1943

Condemned for salvage.