Commando 41-24744

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24744

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26665

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU305

FATE: Written off

  November 1943 to July 1945

  41-24744 - USAAF (USA)

1 November 1943

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

15 November 1943

Received major damage at Homestead AAF, FL in a ground accident.

4 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.

9 January 1944

Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Richard D. Aaland

27 May 1945

Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: John C. Tatum

Summer 1945

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1332^nd AAF Base Unit based at Mohanbari, Assam, India.

11 July 1945

Crashed 5 km southwest of Mohanbari, Assam, India after the crew bailed out.

Pilot: Rudolph W. Troup

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.