Commando 42-107395
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107395
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27082
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU722
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
June 1944 to September 1947
42-107395 - USAAF (USA)
June 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to January 1965
42-107395 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to 2469th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Scott AFB, IL.
30 January 1951
Received minor damage at Scott AFB, IL in a taxi accident while parked.
Unknown date
Assigned to 2578th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Ellington AFB, TX.
11 January 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
2 February 1959
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
January 1965 to unknown date
N9078R - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
26 January 1965
Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 4,553 hours.
Fate unknown, maybe parted out.