Commando 41-12301
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12301
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26428
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU68
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
March 1943 to October 1945
41-12301 - USAAF (USA)
20 March 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
29 May 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
15 February 1944
Assigned to ATC Central African Wing.
29 February 1944
Assigned back to the continental USA.
17 May 1944
Assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.
22 December 1944
Assigned to Brookley Field, AL.
October 1945 to June 1951
41-12301 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
6 October 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
June 1951 to unknown date
N5479N - SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION (USA)
June 1951
Purchased from RFC. [some sources quote July 1951]
Last edited: 15/05/2019