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Commando 41-12359

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12359

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26486

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU126

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  May 1943 to September 1947

  41-12359 - USAAF (USA)

May 1943

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

1943

Likely assigned to the 2nd Operational Training Unit (2 OTU) based at Homestead AAF, FL.

7 August 1943

Damaged at Homestead AAF, FL.

  September 1947 to April 1960

  41-12359 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2347th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Long Beach AFB, CA.

10 January 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

2 February 1959

Sent to reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

  April 1960 to November 1960

  41-12359 - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)

April 1960

Purchased.

  November 1960 to unknown date

  PP-NMM - NAB (NAVEGACAO AEREA BRASILEIRA) (BRAZIL)

November 1960

Purchased but never imported. Fate unknown.