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Commando 41-12288

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12288

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26415

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU55

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  February 1943 to July 1944

  41-12288 - USAAF (USA)

25 February 1943

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

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

5 April 1943

Assigned to Buffalo, NY.

10 May 1943

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

2 June 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

15 November 1943

Damaged at Sookerating, Assam, India in a landing accident.

20 January 1944

Damaged in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

1 July 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Chabua, Assam, India in a landing accident.

1 June 1946

Excluded.

 

41-12288 & 41-12291 nearing completion during the winter of 1943 at Buffalo, NY.
Photo credit: unknown

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Last edited: 15/05/2019