Commando 41-24722

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24722

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26643

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU283

FATE: Written off

  October 1943 to March 1944

  41-24722 - USAAF (USA)

3 October 1943

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

22 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 7, Sookerating, Assam, India.

22 March 1944

Went missing over China (0/4 fatalities). [MACR 3604 & 3271]

Enroute, an unknown technical failure forced the crew to abandon the aircraft. All four crew bailed out and survived while the aircraft crashed.

Pilot: Orion D. Nilgua

24 March 1944

Condemned for salvage.