Commando 43-43339

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-43339

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): -

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): HI1

FATE: Broken up

  October 1944 to September 1947

  43-43339 - USAAF (USA)

October 1944

Delivered from the Higgins Industries factory in New Orleans, LA.

Assigned to the ATC Ferrying Division, 6^th Ferrying Group, 556^th AAF Base Unit based at Long Beach AAF, CA.

3 April 1945

Received major damage at Long Beach AAF, CA in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Willard T. Wilkerson

Unknown date

Assigned to the 1^st Operational Training Unit (1 OTU), 561^st AAF Base Unit, Rosecrans Field, MO.

21 August 1945

Received major damage at Rosecrans Field, MO in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Lawrence E. Vandeveer

  September 1947 to February 1959

  43-43339 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to 2578^th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Ellington AFB, TX.

11 January 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

2 February 1959

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.