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Commando 41-5174

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5174

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26376

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU16

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1942 to April 1944

  41-5174 - USAAF (USA)


30 September 1942

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

Late 1942

Returned to Curtiss briefly for modifications.

14 May 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sind, India.

21 June 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

7 April 1944

Damaged beyond repair and condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 15/05/2019