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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