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Commando 41-5179

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5179

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26381

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU21

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  September 1942 to November 1945

  41-5179 - USAAF (USA)

30 September 1942

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

10 January 1943

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

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

29 May 1943

Assigned to ATC Caribbean Wing.

7 November 1945

Assigned to Morrison Field, FL.

  November 1945 to unknown date

  41-5179 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

8 November 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.

Last edited: 15/05/2019