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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.