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Commando 41-24769

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24769

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26690

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU330

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1943 to May 1944

  41-24769 - USAAF (USA)


21 November 1943

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

22 December 1943

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

22 April 1944

Damaged beyond repair in a landing accident in Tulihal, Manipur, India.

Pilot: Ellis J. Alt (survived)

18 May 1944

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 27/01/2019