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Commando 41-24715

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24715

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26636

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU276

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1943 to May 1945

  41-24715 - USAAF (USA)

22 September 1943

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

18 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

31 December 1943

Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: John T. Rodeffer

6 May 1945

Damaged beyond repair 600 meters northeast of Chabua, Assam, India in unknown circumstances. Condemned for salvage. [date quoted as 7 May 1945 by AAIR]

Pilot: Warren M. Foley