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Commando 41-24774

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24774

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26695

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU335

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1943 to September 1945

  41-24774 - USAAF (USA)


25 November 1943

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

19 February 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.

24 June 1944

Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India after an engine failure.

Pilot: George C. Hastings

22 May 1945

Received major damage in Tejgaon, Bengal, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Joseph T. Rocco

25 June 1945

Received major damage in Chanyi, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Raymond A. Keller

24 September 1945

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 27/01/2019