Commando 41-12349
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12349
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26476
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU116
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
May 1943 to September 1943
41-12349 - USAAF (USA)
1 May 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1943 to August 1944
41-12349 - WESTERN AIR LINES (USA)
16 September 1943
Leased from the USAAF.
August 1944 to June 1946
41-12349 - USAAF (USA)
2 August 1944
Returned from lease contract to Western Air Lines.
10 June 1945
Damaged in Cheyenne, WY in a landing accident.
6 November 1945
Assigned to the Ogden Air Technical Service Command based at Hill Field, UT for reclamation.
20 June 1946
Reclamation completed at Hill Field, UT.