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Commando 41-5177

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5177

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26379

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU19

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1942 to September 1943

  41-5177 - USAAF (USA)


8 October 1942

Accepted by the USAAF. Delivery delayed most likely for Curtiss to apply modifications.

6 January 1943

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

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

29 May 1943

Assigned to ATC Alaskan Wing.

10 September 1943

Damaged beyond repair at Vail Field, Montebello, CA.

11 September 1943

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 15/05/2019