Commando 42-96531
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96531
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30193
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU729
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1944 to December 1944
42-96531 - USAAF (USA)
3 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Probably assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group based at Syracuse AAB, NY.
19 September 1944
Assigned to Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.
13 December 1944
Damaged beyond repair in unknown circumstances.
Condemned for salvage, “obsolete” [?!?].
Last edited: 05/02/2020