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Commando 41-12375

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12375

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26502

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU142

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  May 1943 to November 1946

  41-12375 - USAAF (USA)


24 May 1943

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

Assigned to the 2nd Operational Training Unit (2 OTU) based at Homestead AAF, FL.

Unknown date

Probably assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Stout AAF, IN.

2 November 1944

Damaged at Stout AAF, IN in a ground accident.

31 July 1946

Assigned to George Field, IL for reclamation.

20 November 1946

Reclamation completed at George Field, IL.

 

Right: 41-12375 and sibblings, along with P-40s, probably parked outside Curtiss-Wright factory in 1943.
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Last edited: 26/08/2020