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Commando 41-5181

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5181

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26383

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU23

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  October 1942 to September 1943

  41-5181 - USAAF (USA)


27 October 1942

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

16 December 1942

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

Assigned to New York LaGuardia, NY.

29 May 1943

Assigned to ATC Alaskan Wing.

  September 1943 to December 1943

  41-5181 - NORTHWEST AIRLINES (USA)


16 September 1943

Leased to Northwest Airlines, based in St Paul Minneapolis, MN.

  December 1943 to 1945

  41-5181 - USAAF (USA)


4 December 1943

Returned to the USAAF.

1945

Withdrawn from use and stored.

Last edited: 15/05/2019