Commando 41-12432

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12432

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26559

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU199

FATE: Broken up

  July 1943 to December 1945

  41-12432 - USAAF (USA)

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15 July 1943

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

2 August 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

4 April 1944

Assigned back to the continental USA.

Sometime in 1944

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

23 January 1945

Received major damage at Reno AAF, NV in a ground collision.

Pilot: William A. Fowler

  December 1945 to May 1948

  41-12432 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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13 December 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.

  May 1948 to November 1948

  41-12432 - USAF (USA)

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21 May 1948

Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.

1 July 1948

Assigned to the Warner Robins Air Materiel Area based at Robins AFB, GA.

12 July 1948

Sent for reclamation at Robins AFB, GA.

20 November 1948

Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.