Commando 41-5189
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5189
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26391
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU31
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
December 1942 to October 1945
41-5189 - USAAF (USA)
11 December 1942
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to Ladd AAF, AK.
26 July 1943
Assigned to ATC Alaskan Wing.
7 June 1944
Assigned back to the continental USA.
October 1945 to September 1947
41-5189 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
5 October 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.
September 1947 to December 1948
41-5189 - USAF (USA)
21 May 1948
Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.
30 June 1948
Assigned to the Warner Robins Air Technical Service Center based at Robins AFB, GA for reclamation.
6 December 1948
Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.
Last edited: 15/05/2019