Commando 41-12385
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12385
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26512
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU152
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1943 to September 1947
41-12385 - USAAF (USA)
May 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to January 1958
41-12385 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2347th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Long Beach AFB, CA.
10 September 1957
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
24 October 1957
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
January 1958 to 1960
N5160V - PRIVATE (USA)
January 1958
Purchased by L. M. Farrar.
July 1962 to November 1963
N5160V - INTERNATIONAL FOODS INC. (USA)
25 July 1962
Leased from the Carolina Aircraft Corporation.
13 February 1963
Damaged in Belize City when the left undercarriage collapsed on landing.
November 1963 to December 1963
N5160V - ATLANTA AIRWAYS (USA)
November 1963
Leased from the Carolina Aircraft Corporation, with the intent of operating a short-term contract for Lufthansa Cargo Services.
9 December 1963
Crashed in the sea off Azores while being delivered to Europe. (3/3 fatalities)
The aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean about 240 km northwest of the Azores Islands while on a ferry flight from Gander to Santa Maria. All three crew members were killed.