Commando 41-24772
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24772
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26693
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU333
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
November 1943 to April 1945
41-24772 - USAAF (USA)
24 November 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
15 December 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.
22 May 1944
Received major damage in Missamari, Assam, India in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Lawrence J. Perret
4 April 1945
Damaged beyond repair in a takeoff accident from Luliang, Yunnan, China (no fatalities).
Pilot: Martin O. Levy
Condemned for salvage, “washout”.
Right & below: 41-24772 with its sibblings on the production line in Buffalo.
Photo credit: USAF / www.worldwarphotos.info
Last edited: 26/08/2020