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Commando 41-5184

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5184

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26386

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU26

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1942 to September 1943

  41-5184 - USAAF (USA)


28 October 1942

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

Assigned to Wright Field, OH.

Late 1942

Returned to Curtiss briefly for modifications.

9 January 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

8 September 1943

Crashed over the China-Burma-India theatre.

11 September 1943

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 07/01/2021