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Commando 41-5169

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5169

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26371

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU11

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  August 1942 to February 1946

  41-5169 - USAAF (USA)


31 August 1942

Accepted by the USAAF. Soon thereafter, the airplane was damaged by fire at the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY, and remained there for repairs and modifications.

20 May 1943

Delivered.

Unknown date

Withdrawn from use as Class 26 and used for ground instruction, probably at the Army Air Forces Technical School based at Chanute Field, IL.

13 February 1946

Reclamation completed at Chanute Field, IL.

Last edited: 15/05/2019