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Commando 42-3650

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3650

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26783

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU423

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  Febuary 1944 to September 1947

  42-3650 - USAAF (USA)


February 1944

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

  September 1947 to March 1965

  42-3650 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

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

9 April 1964

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

  March 1965 to 1974

  N91371 (I) - C-46 PARTS INC. (USA)


2 March 1965

Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 6,143 hours.

1974

Registration cancelled.

[do not confuse with Commando 44-77563 which later bore the same registration]

  1974 to unknown date

  NO REG - GEORGE T. BAKER AVIATION TECHNICAL COLLEGE (USA)


Unknown date

Donated.

Used for aviation maintenance technician training.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 06/03/2024