Commando 42-96535

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96535

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30197

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU733

FATE: Unknown

  June 1944 to September 1947

  42-96535 - USAAF (USA)

June 1944

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

Assigned to the ATC Domestic Wing, 6^th Ferrying Group, based at Long Beach AAF, CA.

Unknown date

Probably assigned to the 3^rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU), based at Reno AAF, NV.

Marked "35".

17 May 1945

Received major damage at Reno AAF, NV in a landing accident.

Pilot: Thomas C. Saunders

 
Right: finishing touches on 42-96535 at the Curtiss factory, 1944.
Photo credit: www.worldwarphotos.info

Below: 42-96535 with the 6^th Ferrying Group at some unknown airfield.
Photo credit: USAF

  September 1947 to unknown date

  42-96535 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to 2585^th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Miami, FL.

4 April 1954

Received minor damage in Miami, FL after an engine failure.

Pilot: James G. Worth

Unknown date

Assigned to 2577^th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Brooks AFB, TX.

20 February 1958

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

2 February 1959

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.