Commando 41-12286
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12286
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26413
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU53
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
February 1943 to November 1945
41-12286 - USAAF (USA)
20 February 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.
1 May 1943
Assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.
27 July 1943
Assigned to 2nd Operational Training Unit (2 OTU) at Homestead AAF, FL.
November 1945 to May 1948
41-12286 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
1 November 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
May 1948 to August 1949
41-12286 - USAF (USA)
21 May 1948
Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.
19 August 1948
Assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area based at Tinker AFB, OK.
13 April 1949
Sent for reclamation at Tinker AFB.
16 August 1949
Reclamation completed at Tinker AFB, OK.
Last edited: 15/05/2019