War Assets Administration

  March 1946 to June 1949

  United States of America

TYPE: Government body

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Unknown

FORMER NAME: Nil

FATE: Abolished and succeeded by the General Services Administration

The WAA was one of several US Government administrations established post-war to manage the surplus military materiel of US Armed Forces after the conflict. It started in the Office for Emergency Management, effective 25 March 1946, and essentially offered all kinds of military surplus materiel for sale as scrap. The WAA was abolished by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 30 June 1949, and was replaced in its liquidator role by the General Services Administration.

June 1946* to June 1948*

Several Commandos were disposed of by the WAA in the post-war years.

• Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando: 41-24720 (reinstated)
• Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando: 42-96803, 42-96805
• Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando: 44-77470, 44-77579, 44-77664, 44-77830, 44-77843
• Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando: 44-78392
• Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando: 43-47403, 43-47410
• Curtiss R5C-1 Commando: 39570, 39590 (possibly), 39594, 39604, 39605 (probably), 50719