Commando 41-24741
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24741
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26662
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU302
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
November 1943 to January 1944
41-24741 - USAAF (USA)
5 November 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
13 December 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
19 January 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Chabua, Assam, India in a takeoff accident followed by a fire (1/4 fatalities).
On takeoff from Chabua, the Commando stalled and crashed for unknown reason. A crewmember was killed, three others were injured and the aircraft was destroyed by a post-crash fire.
Pilot: 1st Lt Irving W. Degon (injured, deceased the next day)
Condemned for salvage.