Commando 41-24730

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24730

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26651

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU291

FATE: Written off

  October 1943 to April 1945

  41-24730 - USAAF (USA)

20 October 1943

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

18 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

28 July 1944

Received major damage in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a taxi accident while being operated by ground personnel.

11 April 1945

Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre. [MACR 142676 (?)]

Pilot: Leland R. Jacobson (survived)

The Commando apparently crashed following an engine failure.

16 April 1945

Condemned for salvage.