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Commando 42-96536

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96536

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30198

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU734

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  June 1944 to October 1945

  42-96536 - USAAF (USA)


12 June 1944

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

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

  October 1945 to May 1948

  42-96536 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


28 October 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  May 1948 to January 1949

  42-96536 - USAF (USA)


21 May 1948

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

19 August 1948

Assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area based at Tinker AFB, OK.

13 September 1949

Sent for reclamation at Tinker AFB, OK. [dates discrepancy, probably 13 April 1949]

16 August 1949

Reclamation completed at Tinker AFB, OK.

Last edited: 24/08/2020