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Commando 41-12358

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12358

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26485

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU125

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  May 1943 to September 1943

  41-12358 - USAAF (USA)


8 May 1943

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

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

20 June 1943

Damaged in Memphis, TN in a ground accident.

  September 1943 to April 1944

  41-12358 - NORTHWEST AIRLINES (USA)


16 September 1943

Leased to Northwest Airlines, based in St Paul Minneapolis, MN.

  April 1944 to January 1946

  41-12358 - USAAF (USA)


28 April 1944

Returned to USAAF, assigned to McClellan Field, CA.

Unknown date

Probably assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU) based at Reno AAF, NV.

14 November 1945

Condemned for salvage at Reno AAF, NV.

3 January 1946

Reclamation completed at Reno AAF, NV.