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Commando 41-5183

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5183

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26385

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU25

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1942 to September 1943

  41-5183 - USAAF (USA)


27 October 1942

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

13 December 1942

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

29 May 1943

Assigned to ATC Alaskan Wing.

3 September 1943

Assigned back to the continental USA.

  September 1943 to October 1943

  41-5183 - NORTHWEST AIRLINES (USA)


28 September 1943

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

4 October 1943

Damaged beyond repair at McClellan Field, CA.

Last edited: 15/05/2019