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Withdrawn from use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Withdrawn from use and parked engineless at Las Americas International, Dominican Republic.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