Commando 42-96539
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
July 1944 to September 1947
42-96539 - USAAF (USA)
July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to March 1953
42-96539 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to 434th Troop Carrier Group, 72nd 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