Commando 41-5173

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5173

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26375

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU15

FATE: Broken up

  September 1942 to October 1942

  41-5173 - USAAF (USA)

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28 September 1942

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

  October 1942 to November 1942

  41-5173 - TWA (TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR) (USA)

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9 October 1942

Leased to TWA to acquire initial operating experience, based in Kansas City, MO.

Late 1942

Returned to Curtiss briefly for modifications.

  November 1942 to December 1945

  41-5173 - USAAF (USA)

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23 November 1942

Returned to the USAAF.

4 June 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

28 November 1943

Damaged in Sookerating, Assam, India in a landing accident [not confirmed, and some quote it written off here]

28 February 1944

Assigned back to the continental USA.

28 December 1945

Reclamation completed at the San Bernardino Air Depot based at San Bernardino AAF, CA.