Commando 41-24758
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24758
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26679
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU319
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
November 1943 to September 1944
41-24758 - USAAF (USA)
12 November 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
14 December 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 9, Mohanbari, Assam, India.
20 December 1943
Received major damage in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: William L. Kempffer
21 September 1944
Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre (3/3 missing). [MACR 8716]
Crew:
1st Lt Robert N. Perry, Pilot
2nd Lt James B. Hagen, Copilot
Sgt Theodore L. Charny, Radio Operator
The Commando was operating a flight from Kunming, Yunnan, China to Mohanbari, Assam, India. It was last heard by radio and disappeared. No trace of the crew or the aircraft was ever found.
23 September 1944
Condemned for salvage.
23 September 1945
Crew declared dead.