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Commando 41-24756

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24756

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26677

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU317

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1943 to January 1946

  41-24756 - USAAF (USA)


12 November 1943

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

24 December 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.

2 February 1944

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

Pilot: Michael V. Doran

30 September 1944

Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a forced landing. [damaged beyond repair according to AAIR]

Pilot: David F. Robbins (survived)

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

15 January 1946

Condemned for salvage by Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.