Commando 41-24742

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24742

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26663

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU303

FATE: Written off

  November 1943 to February 1944

  41-24742 - USAAF (USA)

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1 November 1943

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

2 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 9, Mohanbari, Assam, India.

25 February 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a landing accident followed by a post-crash fire.

Pilot: Alan W. Saunders (survived, later fought in Korea & Vietnam and retired as a USAF Lt Col)

28 February 1944

Condemned for salvage.