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Commando 42-107381

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107381

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27068

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU708

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  June 1944 to September 1947

  42-107381 - USAAF (USA)


June 1944

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

  September 1947 to January 1965

  42-107381 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Converted to TC-46A.

Unknown date

Assigned to 2473rd Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Offutt AFB, NE.

29 October 1950

Received minor damage at Offutt AFB, NE in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Robert M. Stemm

Unknown date

Assigned to 2347th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Long Beach AFB, CA.

3 January 1958

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

20 January 1964

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.

  January 1965 to unknown date

  ????? - UNKNOWN (USA)


26 January 1965

Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 5,733 hours.

Last edited: 21/10/2019