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Commando 41-24749

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24749

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26670

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU310

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1943 to May 1945

  41-24749 - USAAF (USA)


3 November 1943

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

18 December 1943

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

17 May 1944

Received major damage in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: William W. Lehman

25 May 1945

Went missing 40 km northwest of Myitkyina, Burma (4/4 fatalities).

Crew:
FO Max S. Gillespie, Pilot
FO Stephen B. Pound, Copilot
TSgt Frank A. Radics Jr.
Cpl Donald W. Stage

26 May 1945

Condemned for salvage.