Commando 41-12330

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12330

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26457

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU97

FATE: Broken up

  March 1943 to September 1945

  41-12330 - USAAF (USA)

27 March 1943

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

20 May 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

5 June 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

29 October 1943

Received major damage at Tezpur, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Condemned for salvage. [date also quoted as 31 May 1944]

4 September 1944

Reinstated.

1 September 1944

Assigned to Miami, FL. [dates discrepancy]

  September 1945 to May 1948

  41-12330 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

26 September 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.

  May 1948 to December 1948

  41-12330 - USAF (USA)

21 May 1948

Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.

1 July 1948

Assigned to the Warner Robins Air Material Area based at Robins AFB, GA.

12 July 1948

Sent to reclamation at Robins AFB, GA.

16 December 1948

Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.