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Commando 41-12364

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12364

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26491

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU131

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  May 1943 to September 1943

  41-12364 - USAAF (USA)


13 May 1943

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

  September 1943 to December 1943

  41-12364 - WESTERN AIR LINES (USA)


16 September 1943

Leased to Western Air Lines.

  December 1943 to January 1946

  41-12364 - USAAF (USA)


16 December 1943

Returned.

1944

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

9 December 1944

Damaged at Reno AAF, NV in a landing accident.

  January 1946 to May 1948

  41-12364 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


27 January 1946

Transferred to RFC, stored Bush Field, GA.

  January 1946 to January 1949

  41-12364 - USAF (USA)


21 May 1948

Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.

1 July 1948

Assigned to the Warner Robins Air Material Area based at Robins AFB, GA.

12 July 1948

Sent for reclamation at Robins AFB, GA.

7 January 1949

Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.

Last edited: 02/01/2019