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Commando 41-12285

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12285

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26412

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU52

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  February 1943 to November 1945

  41-12285 - USAAF (USA)

23 February 1943

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

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

19 June 1943

Assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.

7 November 1945

Assigned to Morrison Field, FL.

  November 1945 to May 1948

  41-12285 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

7 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

  41-12285 - 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