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Commando 42-107379

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107379

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27066

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU706

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  June 1944 to September 1947

  42-107379 - USAAF (USA)


June 1944

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

Unknown date

Assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU), based at Reno AAF, NV.

2 January 1945

Damaged at Reno AAF, NV in a ground accident while parked.

  September 1947 to unknown date

  42-107379 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to 2346th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Paine AFB, WA.

18 April 1958

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

1 August 1960

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 14/10/2019