Commando 41-12311
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
March 1943 to November 1945
41-12311 - USAAF (USA)
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)
6 November 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
December 1950 to April 1953
N3923C - L & J TRADING COMPANY (USA)
28 December 1950
Purchased from RFC.
January 1951
Registered.
April 1953 to 1966
YV-C-ARB - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)
April 1953
Purchased.
May 1953
Registered.
1966
Withdrawn from use.
1969
Registration cancelled.
Last edited: 15/05/2019