Commando 41-5167

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5167

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26369

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU9

FATE: Written off

  September 1942 to November 1945

  41-5167 - USAAF (USA)

13 September 1942

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

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

Late 1942

Returned to Curtiss briefly for modifications.

5 July 1943

Assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.

28 August 1943

Assigned to 2nd Operational Training Unit (2 OTU), based at Homestead AAF, FL.

17 September 1943

Damaged at Homestead AAF, FL in a landing accident due to mechanical failure. Pilot: Howard H. Boyles.

12 November 1943

Damaged at Homestead AAF, FL in a landing accident due to mechanical failure. Pilot: Leonard J. Specht.

22 December 1943

Assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.

7 November 1945

Assigned to Morrison Field, FL.

  November 1945 to 1949

  41-5167 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

8 November 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.

  1949 to February 1950

  N1920M - CALIFORNIA ATLANTIC AIRWAYS (USA)

1949

Purchased from RFC.

  February 1950 to April 1950

  CB-51 – LAB (LLOYD AEREO BOLIVIANO) (BOLIVIA)

11 February 1950

Delivered.

24 April 1950

Damaged beyond repair in Cochabamba, Bolivia (0/2 fatalities).

CB-51 in the old LAB livery.
Photo credit : Lloyd Aereo Boliviano Friends / http://www.lloydaereobolivianofriends.com