Commando 41-12360
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12360
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26487
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU127
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
May 1943 to October 1945
41-12360 - USAAF (USA)
1 May 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to Detroit Wayne County, MI.
1943
Probably assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU) based at Reno AAF, NV.
10 September 1945
Damaged at Reno AAF, NV in a landing accident.
October 1945 to May 1948
41-12360 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
22 October 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
May 1948 to August 1949
41-12360 - USAF (USA)
2 May 1948
Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A. [probably a typo and actually 21 May 1948]
19 August 1948
Assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area based at Tinker AFB, OK.
28 April 1949
Sent for reclamation at Tinker AFB, OK.
16 August 1949
Reclamation completed at Tinker AFB, OK.
Last edited: 22/08/2020