Commando 41-5164

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5164

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26366

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU6

FATE: Broken up

  August 1942 to May 1946

  41-5164 - USAAF (USA)

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4 August 1942

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

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

15 September 1942

Returned to Curtiss briefly for modifications.

5 January 1943

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY, maybe with American Airlines for operational proving flights.

29 May 1943

Assigned to ATC Alaskan Wing.

12 November 1943

Assigned back to the continental USA.

24 May 1946

Reclamation completed at the San Bernardino Air Depot based at San Bernardino AAF, CA.

 

 

41-5164 parked at an unknown airfield.
Photo credit : USAF