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Commando 41-5159

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5159

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26361

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1

FATE: Unknown

 

Right: 41-5159 in its original olive drab USAAF livery
Photo credit : Gaëtan Marie / www.gaetanmarie.com

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Operational Record

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  July 1942 to March 1946

  41-5159 - USAAF (USA)

12 July 1942

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY as the first production Commando.

Assigned to Wright Field, OH, presumably used as test aircraft.

17 July 1942

Returned to Curtiss briefly, presumably for modifications.

 

Left: 41-5159 in formation with a P-40F.
Photo credit : USAF

  March 1946 to unknown date

  41-5159 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

31 March 1946

Transferred to RFC, stored at Buffalo, NY. Presumed broken up.

 

Right & below: several color shots of 41-5159 during its trials in 1942.
Photo credit: USAF / www.worldwarphotos.info

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Last edited: 08/12/2020