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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