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Commando 41-12423

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12423

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26550

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU190

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  July 1943 to January 1946

  41-12423 - USAAF (USA)


5 July 1943

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

31 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 1st Transport Group based in Chabua, Assam, India.

7 November 1943

Damaged in Chabua, Assam, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Fred M. Prahl

23 February 1944

Assigned back to the continental USA.

Unknown date

Probably assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU) based at Reno AAF, NV.

14 November 1945

Salvaged at Reno AAF, NV.

3 January 1946

Reclamation completed at Reno AAF, NV.