Commando 41-12311

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12311

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26438

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU78

FATE: Unknown

  March 1943 to November 1945

  41-12311 - USAAF (USA)

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24 March 1943

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

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

8 April 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

1 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

14 January 1944

Assigned back to the continental USA.

  November 1945 to December 1950

  41-12311 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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6 November 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  December 1950 to April 1953

  N3923C - L & J TRADING COMPANY (USA)

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28 December 1950

Purchased from RFC.

January 1951

Registered.

  April 1953 to 1966

  YV-C-ARB - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)

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April 1953

Purchased.

May 1953

Registered.

1966

Withdrawn from use.

1969

Registration cancelled.