Commando 41-12283
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12283
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26410
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU50
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
February 1943 to early 1943
41-12283 - USAAF (USA)
2 February 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.
Early 1943 to October 1945
41-12283 - EASTERN AIR LINES (USA)
Sometime in early 1943
Leased to Eastern Airlines.
29 May 1943
Assigned to support ATC Caribbean Wing.
3 June 1943
Damaged on the ground in Natal, Brazil when it hit C-54 41-20139.
October 1945 to November 1945
41-12283 - USAAF (USA)
7 November 1945
Returned to USAAF and assigned to Morrison Field, FL.
November 1945 to May 1948
41-12283 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
5 October 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA. Date is assignment date, airplane probably arrived later from Morrison Field, FL.
May 1948 to January 1949
41-12283 - USAF (USA)
21 May 1948
Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.
1 July 1948
Assigned to the Warner Robins Air Technical Service Center based at Robins AFB, GA.
12 July 1948
Sent for reclamation at Robins AFB, GA.
14 January 1949
Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.
Last edited: 15/05/2019