Commando 42-3649

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3649

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26782

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU422

FATE: Broken up

  Febuary 1944 to March 1946

  42-3649 - USAAF (USA)

2 February 1944

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

3 March 1944

Assigned to ATC Central African Wing.

4 July 1945

Assigned to Gore Field, MT.

  March 1946 to May 1948

  42-3649 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

26 March 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Ontario AAF, CA.

Left: 42-3649 for sale as surplus at Cal-Aero Field (now Chino), CA. Notice how dug-in the main wheels are…
Photo credit: Bill Larkins / www.airplaneboneyards.com

  May 1948 to February 1949

  42-3649 - USAF (USA)

21 May 1948

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

Unknown date

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

16 June 1948

Sent for reclamation at San Bernardino AFB, CA.

18 February 1949

Reclamation completed at San Bernardino AFB, CA.