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Commando 41-5175

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5175

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26377

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU17

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1942 to October 1943

  41-5175 - USAAF (USA)


8 October 1942

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

Assigned to Bolling Field, DC.

Late 1942

Returned to Curtiss briefly for modifications.

29 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, maybe with 28th Transport Group, based at Tezpur, Assam, India.

14 July 1943

Damaged beyond repair at Tezpur, Assam, India in a landing accident

29 October 1943

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 15/05/2019