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Commando 41-12304

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12304

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26431

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU71

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  March 1943 to September 1947

  41-12304 - USAAF (USA)


March 1943

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  41-12304 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Probably assigned to the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grenier AFB, NH.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2589th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Dobbins AFB, GA.

31 March 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

1 June 1960

Sent to reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

 

Bottom left: 41-12304 seen wearing USAF roundels.
Photo credit: USAF

Bottom right: 41-12304, supposedly with the 81st TCS at Grenier AFB.
Photo credit: Charles N. Trask

Last edited: 08/04/2020