Commando 41-12433
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12433
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26560
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU200
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
July 1943 to November 1945
41-12433 - USAAF (USA)
15 July 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
8 October 1943
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 30th Transport Group, 303rd Transport Squadron based in Mohanbari, Assam, India.
7 November 1943
Received major damage in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a landing accident.
Pilot: Rodney J. Baronet
22 August 1944
Assigned to Brookley Field, AL.
Sometime in 1944
Assigned to Salt Lake City, UT.
11 October 1944
Received major damage at Reno AAF, NV after an engine fire.
Pilot: Herald E. Williams
November 1945 to 1952
41-12433 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
14 November 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Ontario AAF, CA.
1952 to 1955
N3953C - RESORT AIRLINES (USA)
1952
Purchased by National Aircraft Corporation of Miami, FL and leased to Resort Airlines.
1955 to 1957
N3953C - AAXICO (USA)
1955
Purchased by Howard J. Korth, President of AAXICO, and leased to AAXICO.
1958 to 1959
CU-T555 - AEROVIAS Q (CUBA)
1958
Reregistered.
Right: a rather plump lady passenger poses in front of CU-T555.
Photo credit: @UlisK3LU / Flickr
1959 to unknown date
CU-T507 - CUBANA (CUBA)
1959
Transferred as part of Aerovias Q's merger into Cubana, and reregistered.
1962
Withdrawn from use.
[this Commando is occasionally listed as CU-T607, which was hijacked and crashed on 9 August 1961, but that one is more likely S/N 41-107292]
Last edited: 02/08/2019