Commando 41-24754
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24754
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26675
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU315
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
November 1943 to January 1944
41-24754 - USAAF (USA)
12 November 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
11 December 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
18 January 1944
Went missing near Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out following an engine failure. [MACR 1998]
Pilot: John S. Lengel
25 January 1944
Condemned for salvage.