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Commando 41-24733

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24733

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26654

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU294

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1943 to October 1944

  41-24733 - USAAF (USA)


27 October 1943

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

28 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

30 October 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Sookerating, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Robert H. Johnson

Condemned for salvage.