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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.

  1960 to July 1962

  N5160V - CAROLINA AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)


1960

Purchased.

  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.