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