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Commando 41-12295

Aircraft Identification

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

Operational Record

  March 1943 to September 1947

  41-12295 - USAAF (USA)


March 1943

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

  September 1947 to August 1958

  41-12295 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

  August 1958 to October 1958

  N6431D - MFC (MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION) (USA)


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)


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Withdrawn from use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)


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Withdrawn from use and parked engineless at Las Americas International, Dominican Republic.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

Last edited: 19/08/2023