Commando 41-12280
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12280
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26407
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU47
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
February 1943 to February 1946
41-12280 - USAAF (USA)
19 February 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.
1 May 1943
Assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.
17 June 1943
Assigned back to the continental USA.
30 August 1943
Assigned to the 2nd Operational Training Unit (2 OTU) based at Homestead AAF, FL.
15 September 1943
Damaged at Homestead AAF, FL.
Between 1943 and 1944
Repaired at the Sacramento Air Depot based at McClellan Field, CA.
27 May 1944
Damaged near Fernley, NV when the crew made a forced landing in the salt flats following engine failure.
February 1946 to April 1946
41-12280 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
14 February 1946
Transferred to RFC as scrap.
9 April 1946
Reclamation completed.
Last edited: 15/05/2019