Commando 41-12400
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12400
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26527
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU167
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
June 1943 to October 1945
41-12400 - USAAF (USA)
14 June 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
11 July 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group, 301st Transport Squadron based in Sookerating, Assam, India.
2 November 1943
Received major damaged in Sookerating, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Virgil L. Sanders
8 July 1944
Assigned back to the continental USA.
October 1945 to May 1948
41-12400 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
28 October 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
May 1948 to January 1965
41-12400 - USAF (USA)
21 May 1948
Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.
13 September 1948
Assigned to Tinker AFB, OK.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2346th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Paine AFB, WA.
28 January 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
9 January 1964
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
January 1965 to unknown date
N9074R - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
26 January 1965
Purchased engineless from USAF. Total airframe time 6,486 hours. Used for parts.