Commando 41-24719

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24719

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26640

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU280

FATE: Unknown

  September 1943 to September 1947

  41-24719 - USAAF (USA)

September 1943

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

1 March 1945

Damaged in Ohio in unknown circumstances.

Right: snow being swept off 41-24719 at an unknown location.
Photo credit: USAF

Below: a Sikorsky R-4 helicopter being loaded onto 41-24719.
Photo credit: www.worldwarphotos.info

  September 1947 to unknown date

  41-24719 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Operated by TEMCO Aircraft Corporation on behalf of the Air Material Command.

27 October 1955

Received major damage at Majors Field, TX in a landing accident.

Pilot: Robert Herman Dyer

At the time, Majors Field was leased to TEMCO which was operating an aircraft rebuilding facility on the site.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2578^th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Ellington AFB, TX.

29 March 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

3 May 1960

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.