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Commando 41-24740

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24740

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26661

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU301

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  October 1943 to September 1945

  41-24740 - USAAF (USA)

27 October 1943

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

  September 1945 to May 1948

  41-24740 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

28 September 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.

  May 1948 to December 1948

  41-24740 - USAF (USA)

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.

16 December 1948

Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.

Last edited: 20/01/2019