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Commando 41-12284

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12284

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26411

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU51

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  February 1943 to May 1943

  41-12284 - USAAF (USA)


9 February 1943

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

18 February 1943

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

3 March 1943

Assigned to Buffalo, NY.

20 March 1943

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

12 May 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

18 May 1943

Damaged beyond repair in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a takeoff accident.

June 1943

Junked.

Last edited: 15/05/2019