Commando 41-12281
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12281
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26408
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU48
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
February 1943 to October 1945
41-12281 - USAAF (USA)
19 February 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.
29 May 1943
Assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.
ca 1943
Assigned to Brookley Field, AL.
23 June 1944
Departed Brookley Field, AL for unknown assignment.
20 February 1945
Returned to Brookley Field, AL from unknown assignment.
15 May 1945
Assigned to Davis-Monthan AAF, AZ.
8 June 1945
Assigned to Miami, FL.
October 1945 to June 1948
41-12281 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
30 October 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.
June 1948 to January 1949
41-12281 - USAF (USA)
22 June 1948
Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.
12 July 1948
Assigned to the Warner Robins Air Technical Service Center based at Robins AFB, GA for reclamation.
14 January 1949
Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.
Last edited: 15/05/2019