Commando 41-24755

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24755

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26676

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU316

FATE: Unknown

  November 1943 to November 1945

  41-24755 - USAAF (USA)

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12 November 1943

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

16 December 1943

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

Marked "755".

24 March 1944

Received major damage in Imphal, Manipur, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Timothy D. Crook

9 September 1944

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

19 March 1945

Damaged in Chittagong, Bengal, India in a taxi accident.

The Commando collided with RAF Dakota IV KN220 of 436 Squadron. Its left wingtip was damaged.

30 November 1945

Excluded from inventory.

 

Right: 755 after its March 1945 collision in Chittagong.
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