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Commando 41-5185

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5185

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26387

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU27

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  October 1942 to September 1943

  41-5185 - USAAF (USA)


31 October 1942

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

19 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

  41-5185 - NORTHWEST AIRLINES (USA)


16 September 1943

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

  December 1943 to December 1945

  41-5185 - USAAF (USA)


4 December 1943

Returned to the USAAF, assigned to the continental USA.

31 January 1944

Assigned to ATC Domestic Wing, based at Brookley Field, AL.

26 February 1945

Assigned to the San Bernardino Air Depot based at San Bernardino AAF, CA for reclamation.

28 December 1945

Reclamation completed at San Bernardino AAF, CA.

Last edited: 15/05/2019