Commando 41-24729

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24729

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26650

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU290

FATE: Written off

  October 1943 to February 1944

  41-24729 - USAAF (USA)

4 October 1943

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

22 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.

11 February 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Missamari, Assam, India in a taxi accident. [JB quotes it missing, but unlikely as no MACR] [date sometimes erroneously reported as 25 May 1945]

Pilot: Andrew B. Hart

14 February 1944

Condemned for salvage.