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.