Commando 41-12304

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

  March 1943 to September 1947

  41-12304 - USAAF (USA)

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March 1943

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  41-12304 - USAF (USA)

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18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

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

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2589^th 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