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Commando 41-12362

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12362

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26489

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU129

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  May 1943 to August 1943

  41-12362 - USAAF (USA)


4 May 1943

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

  August 1943 to July 1944

  41-12362 - NORTHWEST AIRLINES (USA)


30 August 1943

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

  July 1944 to October 1945

  41-12362 - USAAF (USA)


21 July 1944

Returned to USAAF, assigned to McClellan Field, CA.

  October 1945 to unknown date

  41-12362 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


25 October 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.