Commando 41-5161
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
July 1942 to February 1945
41-5161 - USAAF (USA)
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 3rd 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)
26 February 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at San Bernardino AAF, CA.
25 December 1945
Reclamation completed.
Last edited: 26/08/2020