Commando 41-5194

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-5194

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26396

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU36

FATE: Broken up

  January 1943 to December 1944

  41-5194 - USAAF (USA)

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24 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.

1 October 1944

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

  December 1944 to October 1945

  41-5194 - EASTERN AIR LINES (USA)

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16 December 1944

Leased to Eastern Airline, operated in support of ATC Caribbean Wing.

  October 1945 to November 1945

  41-5194 - USAAF (USA)

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7 November 1945

Returned to USAAF and assigned to Morrison Field, FL.

  November 1945 to March 1948

  41-5194 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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18 October 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Bush Field, GA. Date is assignment date, which explains that the Commando transited through the USAAF briefly before actually reaching the RFC.

  March 1948 to April 1949

  41-5194 - USAF (USA)

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9 March 1948

Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.

5 May 1948

Assigned to Langley AFB, VA.

6 April 1949

Sent for reclamation.