Commando 41-5165
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
August 1942
41-5165 - USAAF (USA)
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)
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)
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)
18 October 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.
1947 to 1948
CU-P276 –EXPRESO AEREO INTERAMERICANO (CUBA)
1947
Delivered in cargo configuration.
Assigned a temporary registration ("pasavante").
1952 to 1965
HI-21 – DOMINICANA DE AVIACION (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
1952
Delivered.
1965
Withdrawn from use and stored.
Last edited: 28/03/2021