Commando 41-24772

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

  November 1943 to April 1945

  41-24772 - USAAF (USA)

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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