Commando 41-12382
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12382
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26509
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU149
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
May 1943 to September 1943
41-12382 - USAAF (USA)
26 May 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to Billings, MT.
September 1943 to June 1944
41-12382 - NORTHWEST AIRLINES (USA)
16 September 1943
Leased to Northwest Airlines, based in St Paul Minneapolis, MN.
June 1944 to February 1946
41-12382 - USAAF (USA)
13 June 1944
Returned to the USAAF.
Assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU) based at the 566th AAF Base Unit, Reno AAF, NV.
17 August 1944
Received major damaged at McClellan Field, CA in a landing accident.
Pilot: Robert R. Campodonico (survived)
Right: 41-12382 stored at McClellan Field, CA after its accident in August 1944.
Photo credit: unknown
February 1946 to April 1946
41-12382 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
14 February 1946
Transferred to RFC as scrap.
9 April 1946
Reclamation completed, probably at the Sacramento Air Materiel Area based at McClellan Field, CA.
Last edited: 18/08/2023