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Commando 42-101054

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101054

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30509

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1045

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  September 1944 to September 1947

  42-101054 - USAAF (USA)


September 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

  September 1947 to January 1965

  42-101054 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to 2343rd Air Force Reserve Training Center, based in Portland, OR.

27 March 1958

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

19 December 1963

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

  January 1965 to unknown date

  ????? - UNKNOWN (USA)


26 January 1965

Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 5,251 hours.

Fate unknown.