Commando 42-96539

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96539

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30201

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU737

FATE: Written off

  July 1944 to September 1947

  42-96539 - USAAF (USA)

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July 1944

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

  September 1947 to March 1953

  42-96539 - USAF (USA)

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18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to 434^th Troop Carrier Group, 72^nd Troop Carrier Squadron, based at Atterbury AFB, IN.

1 August 1951

Received minor damage at Maxton AFB, NC in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Woodrow J. Lane

1 March 1953

Destroyed 2 km southeast of Avon, IN after the crew bailed out following fuel exhaustion in bad weather.

Pilot: Robert L. Conley