Commando 41-24746

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24746

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26667

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU307

FATE: Written off

  November 1943 to March 1945

  41-24746 - USAAF (USA)

1 November 1943

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

4 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

27 December 1943

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

Pilot: Phillip C. Baker

1 March 1945

Crashed near Shingbwiyang, Burma after the crew bailed out. [MACR 13171] [date sometimes reported as 1 April 1945, but this would be inconsistent with the date it was condemned]

The Commando was enroute between Chabua, Assam, India and Kunming, Yunnan, China when the crew was forced to bail out. It crashed 50 km southwest of Shingbwiyang, Burma. Crew fate is unknown.

Pilot: John J. Magurany (survived)

19 March 1945

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.