Commando 41-24755
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
November 1943 to November 1945
41-24755 - USAAF (USA)
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.
Photo credit: unknown / www.worldwarphotos.info
Last edited: 25/08/2020