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Commando 42-101129

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101129

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30584

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1120

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  October 1944 to September 1945

  42-101129 - USAAF (USA)


16 October 1944

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

5 December 1944

Assigned to ATC Alaskan Division.

29 March 1945

Returned to the continental USA at Grenier Field, NH.

  September 1945 to May 1948

  42-101129 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


30 September 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  May 1948 to December 1948

  42-101129 - USAF (USA)


21 May 1948

Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.

1 July 1948

Assigned to the Warner Robins Air Materiel Area based at Robins AFB, GA.

12 July 1948

Sent for reclamation at Robins AFB, GA.

16 December 1948

Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.

Last edited: 14/04/2024