The Curtiss Commando Page
The Curtiss Commando Page

Commando 42-3590

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3590

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26723

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU363

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  December 1943 to January 1944

  42-3590 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)


20 December 1943

Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.

  January 1944 to November 1945

  42-3590 - USAAF (USA)


31 January 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

18 February 1944

Assigned to ATC Central African Wing.

7 August 1945

Assigned to Great Falls, MT.

  November 1945 to May 1948

  42-3590 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


30 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Ontario AAF, CA.

  May 1948 to February 1949

  42-3590 - USAF (USA)


21 May 1948

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

16 September 1948

Assigned to the San Bernardino Air Materiel Area based at San Bernardino AFB, CA.

18 February 1949

Reclamation completed at San Bernardino AFB, CA.

[this Commando is quoted by JB as being US Navy Bu.No.39536]

Last edited: 06/02/2019