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Commando 41-24773

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24773

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26694

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU334

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1943 to February 1944

  41-24773 - USAAF (USA)


25 November 1943

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

20 January 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

2 February 1944

Damaged beyond repair in a fatal crash in Bhagalpur, Bihar, India.

Pilot: Lt. Harry M. Boyd (killed, pictured)

6 February 1944

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 27/01/2019