Commando 41-5164
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
August 1942 to May 1946
41-5164 - USAAF (USA)
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
Last edited: 15/05/2019