Commando 42-96545

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96545

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30207

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU743

FATE: Broken up

  June 1944 to November 1945

  42-96545 - USAAF (USA)

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16 June 1944

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

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

8 April 1945

Received major damage in Memphis, TN in a takeoff accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Kay L. Walton

  November 1945 to May 1948

  42-96545 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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12 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Ontario AAF, CA.

  May 1948 to February 1949

  42-96545 - USAF (USA)

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21 May 1948

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

Assigned to the San Bernardino Air Material Area based at San Bernardino AFB, CA.

16 June 1948

Sent for reclamation at San Bernardino AFB, CA.

18 February 1949

Reclamation completed at San Bernardino AFB, CA.