Commando 41-5161

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5161

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26363

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU3

FATE: Broken up

  July 1942 to February 1945

  41-5161 - USAAF (USA)

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19 July 1942

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

Assigned to Detroit Wayne County, MI.

Late 1942

Returned to Curtiss briefly for modifications.

ca 1943

Likely assigned to Air Transport Command's 3^rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU) based at Reno AAF, NV.

11 January 1943

Damaged at Reno AAF, NV in a landing accident.

 

Right: 41-5161 at the Buffalo factory, with a seemingly new cargo door. Note the "25161" on the tail: 42-5161 was a B-17, not a Commando... Typo?
Photo credit: www.worldwarphotos.info

  February 1945 to December 1945

  41-5161 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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26 February 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at San Bernardino AAF, CA.

25 December 1945

Reclamation completed.