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Commando 42-101095

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101095

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30550

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1086

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  September 1944 to September 1947

  42-101095 - USAAF (USA)


September 1944

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

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 807th AAF Base Unit based at Bergstrom AAF, TX.

23 February 1945

Received major damage at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a crash landing due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Hugh T. Snodgrass

  September 1947 to unknown date

  42-101095 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2471th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Chicago O'Hare, IL.

13 July 1950

Received major damage at Chicago O'Hare, IL in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Robert M. Hartkoff

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 23/08/2020