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Commando 41-12372

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12372

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26499

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU139

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  May 1943 to August 1943

  41-12372 - USAAF (USA)


14 May 1943

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

  August 1943 to November 1944

  41-12372 - PANAGRA (PAN AMERICAN - GRACE AIRWAYS) (USA)


30 August 1943

Leased to PANAGRA, operated in support of ATC Caribbean Wing.

  November 1944 to November 1945

  41-12372 - USAAF (USA)


22 November 1944

Assigned to Brookley Field, AL.

30 March 1945

Departed Brookley Field, AL for unknown assignment.

7 November 1945

Assigned to Morrison Field, FL.

  November 1945 to May 1948

  41-12372 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


7 November 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.

  May 1948 to December 1948

  41-12372 - USAF (USA)


21 May 1948

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

12 July 1948

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

6 December 1948

Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.