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Commando 41-24750

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24750

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26671

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU311

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1943 to April 1945

  41-24750 - USAAF (USA)


8 November 1943

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

18 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

5 April 1945

Damaged beyond repair somewhere in India in a landing accident.

Pilot: William F. Vickers

6 April 1945

Condemned for salvage, “washout”.