Commando 41-5180

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5180

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26382

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU22

FATE: Written off

  September 1942 to May 1943

  41-5180 - USAAF (USA)

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30 September 1942

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

8 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. Date is assignment date.

7 May 1943

Lost at sea off Great Inagua Island, Bahamas as a result of a left engine fire (4/4 missing).

 

41-5180 off-loading troops next to a C-47.
Photo credit : USAF