Commando 42-107391

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107391

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27078

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU718

FATE: Unknown

  June 1944 to September 1947

  42-107391 - USAAF (USA)

June 1944

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

Unknown date

Assigned to Air Transport Command, 559^th AAF Base Unit, Rosecrans Field, MO.

3 July 1945

Received major damage at Rosecrans Field, MO in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Horace S. Montgomery

  September 1947 to January 1965

  42-107391 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Converted to TC-46A.

Unknown date

Assigned to 2242^nd Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Selfridge AFB, MI.

6 January 1951

Received minor damage at Selfridge AFB, MI in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Russell R. Wilkinson

Unknown date

Assigned to 2347^th 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.

10 January 1964

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 4,461 hours.