Commando 41-12416
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12416
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26543
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU183
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
June 1943 to September 1947
41-12416 - USAAF (USA)
June 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to March 1965
41-12416 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2585th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Donaldson AFB, SC.
12 April 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
16 April 1964
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
March 1965 to 1967
N91366 - C-46 PARTS INC. (USA)
2 March 1965
Purchased engineless from USAF. Total airframe time 6,569 hours.
By December 1966
Delivered to Miami, FL.
1967 to unknown date
HC-ANK - AMERICANA DE AVIACION (ECUADOR)
1967
Purchased.
1971
Withdrawn from used and stored at Guayaquil, Ecuador.
March 1972
Last seen stored at Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Right: HC-ANK in its Americana de Aviation days.
Photo credit: the Aviation Photo Company
