Commando 41-24683

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24683

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26604

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU244

FATE: Broken up

  September 1943 to October 1945

  41-24683 - USAAF (USA)

3 September 1943

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

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC Domestic Wing, 3^rd Ferrying Group based at Romulus AAF, MI.

3 December 1944

Damaged at Romulus AAF, MI in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Albert W. Paulsen

24 March 1945

Dropped airborne troops during Operation Varsity, aiming at crossing the Rhine into Germany.

Right: 41-24683 at the time of Operation Varsity.
Photo credit: Gaëtan Marie

  October 1945 to June 1948

  41-24683 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

3 October 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.

  June 1948 to December 1948

  41-24683 - USAF (USA)

22 June 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.

7 January 1949

Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.