Commando 41-5166

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5166

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26368

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU8

FATE: Unknown

  August 1942 to November 1945

  41-5166 - USAAF (USA)

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2 August 1942

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

Accepted by the USAAF. That same day, the airplane was damaged in a landing accident at the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY, and remained there for repairs and modifications.

29 May 1943

Delivered and assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.

7 November 1945

Assigned to Morrison Field, FL.

 

Right & below: soldiers and a Jeep around 41-5166... Assault exercise or propaganda shooting?
Photo credit: www.worldwarphotos.info

  November 1945 to 1948

  41-5166 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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8 November 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.

  1948 to 1949

  N1550M - UNKNOWN (USA)

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1948

Purchased from RFC by an unknown private individual.

  1949 to 1952

  HK-604 – LATCO (LINEAS AEREAS TRANSATLANTICAS COLOMBIANAS) (COLOMBIA)

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1949

Purchased.

  1952 to unknown date

  HK-604 – LIA (LINEAS INTERAMERICANAS AEREAS) (COLOMBIA)

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1952

Purchased.

1959

According to some sources [AB], sold to another operator.

1963

Withdrawn from use and stored.