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Commando 41-24747

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24747

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26668

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU308

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1943 to May 1945

  41-24747 - USAAF (USA)


28 October 1943

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

Unknown date

Assigned to Wright Field, OH.

7 February 1944

Received major damage at Smoky Hill AAF, KS in a taxi accident. No pilot was onboard.

7 June 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Wing.

30 May 1945

Damaged beyond repair, and condemned for salvage.