Commando 41-5165

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5165

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26367

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU7

FATE: Unknown

  August 1942

  41-5165 - USAAF (USA)

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4 August 1942

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

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

  August 1942 to January 1943

  41-5165 - AMERICAN AIRLINES (USA)

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14 August 1942

Leased to American Airlines to acquire initial operating experience.

Late 1942

Returned to Curtiss briefly for modifications.

  January 1943 to October 1945

  41-5165 - USAAF (USA)

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31 January 1943

Returned to the USAAF.

16 June 1943

Assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.

28 August 1943

Assigned back to the continental USA.

13 December 1943

Assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.

  October 1945 to 1947

  41-5165 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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18 October 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.

  1947

  N21703 - UNKNOWN (USA)

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1947

Purchased from RFC by an unknown private individual.

  1947 to 1948

  CU-P276 –EXPRESO AEREO INTERAMERICANO (CUBA)

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1947

Delivered in cargo configuration.

Assigned a temporary registration ("pasavante").

  1948 to 1952

  CU-C276 –EXPRESO AEREO INTERAMERICANO (CUBA)

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1952

Reregistered.

  1952 to 1965

  HI-21 – DOMINICANA DE AVIACION (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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1952

Delivered.

1965

Withdrawn from use and stored.