Commando 42-96529

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96529

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30191

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU727

FATE: Unknown

  June 1944 to September 1947

  42-96529 - USAAF (USA)

June 1944

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

Unknown date

Assigned to the 4^th Combat Cargo Group, 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron, based at Bowman Field, KY for training.

8 September 1944

Received major damage at Bowman Field, KY in a takeoff accident due to an engine failure.

Pilot: Jack L. Smith

24 September 1944

Received major damage at Bowman Field, KY in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: James R. Renfro

[Probably did not follow the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron to Asia, and remained in the USA for the duration of the war]

  September 1947 to January 1965

  42-96529 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to 2469^th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Scott AFB, IL.

13 April 1950

Received minor damage at Scott AFB, IL in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Frederick D. Maertens

Unknown date

Converted to TC-46A.

Unknown date

Assigned to 2465^th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN.

23 August 1950

Received minor damage at Atterbury AFB, IN in a taxi accident.

Pilot: William J. Wehrle

Unknown date

Assigned to 2578^th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Ellington AFB, TX.

21 December 1957

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

17 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 4,069 hours.

Fate unknown.