Commando 41-5172

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5172

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26374

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU14

FATE: Written off

September 1942 to November 1942

41-5172 - USAAF (USA)

24 September 1942

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

November 1942 to June 1943

41-5172 - UNITED AIR LINES (USA)

13 November 1942

Leased to United Air Lines to acquire initial operating experience, based in Chicago, IL.

Late 1942

Returned to Curtiss briefly for modifications.

June 1943 to November 1943

41-5172 - USAAF (USA)

28 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

29 October 1943

Went missing over China. [MACR 1151]

1 November 1943

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 15/05/2019