Commando 41-12295

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12295

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26422

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU62

FATE: Unknown

  March 1943 to September 1947

  41-12295 - USAAF (USA)

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March 1943

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

  September 1947 to August 1958

  41-12295 - USAF (USA)

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18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

  August 1958 to October 1958

  N6431D - MFC (MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION) (USA)

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August 1958

Purchased from USAF. [was this Commando intended to be used as a water bomber?]

6 October 1958

Registration cancelled.

  October 1958 to September 1968

  HI-46 - DOMINICANA DE AVIACION (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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October 1958

Purchased.

1959

Registered.

February 1968

Withdrawn from use

 

Right: Dominicana’s HI-46 parked in Miami, FL.
Photo credit: Bob Garrard

  September 1968 to unknown date

  HI-156 - ALAS DEL CARIBE (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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September 1968

Purchased.

1977

Withdrawn from use and parked engineless at Las Americas International, Dominican Republic.

By 2018

Not seen on satellite imagery, probably broken up.

 

Left: A couple Alas del Caribe C-46s, with HI-156 in the foreground.
Photo credit: Paul Zogg / www.zoggavia.com

Bottom: HI-156 standing derelict at Las Americas International back in June 1978.
Photo credit: Mick Bajcar / www.airliners.net