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Commando 41-24751

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24751

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26672

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU312

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1943 to July 1944

  41-24751 - USAAF (USA)


12 November 1943

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

4 December 1943

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

12 February 1944

Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Lt Raymond N. Willis (pictured, survived)

24 July 1944

Damaged beyond repair, and condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 20/01/2019