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Commando 41-12308

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12308

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26435

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU75

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  March 1943 to April 1947

  41-12308 - USAAF (USA)


21 March 1943

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

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

29 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

21 June 1943

Damaged in Tezpur, Assam, India in a landing accident.

1 November 1943

Damaged in unknown circumstances.

25 September 1944

Assigned to Brookley Field, AL.

14 May 1945

Assigned to Smoky Hill AAF, KS.

27 May 1945

Withdrawn from use as Class 01Z and used for ground instruction at Sedalia AAF, MO.

30 April 1947

Sent for reclamation.

24 April 1947

Reclamation completed. [Dates discrepancy]

Last edited: 15/05/2019