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Commando 41-12331

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12331

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26458

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU98

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  March 1943 to January 1946

  41-12331 - USAAF (USA)


27 March 1943

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

7 May 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

22 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

1943

Assigned to ATC Central African Wing.

21 February 1944

Assigned back to the continental USA.

14 November 1945

Condemned for salvage at Reno AAF, NV. [reason unclear]

3 January 1946

Reclamation completed at Reno AAF, NV.

Last edited: 15/05/2019