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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