Commando 41-5194
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
January 1943 to December 1944
41-5194 - USAAF (USA)
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)
16 December 1944
Leased to Eastern Airline, operated in support of ATC Caribbean Wing.
October 1945 to November 1945
41-5194 - USAAF (USA)
7 November 1945
Returned to USAAF and assigned to Morrison Field, FL.
November 1945 to March 1948
41-5194 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
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)
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.
Last edited: 15/05/2019