Commando 41-5192
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5192
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26394
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU34
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
January 1943 to November 1945
41-5192 - USAAF (USA)
16 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.
7 November 1945
Assigned to Morrison Field, FL.
41-5192 enjoying some shade at Belem Val de Caes field, Brazil.
Photo credit: USAF
November 1945 to March 1948
41-5192 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
8 November 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA.
March 1948 to April 1949
41-5192 - USAF (USA)
9 March 1948
Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.
5 May 1948
Assigned to Langley AFB, VA.
2 April 1949
Sent for reclamation.
Last edited: 15/05/2019