Commando 42-96545
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
June 1944 to November 1945
42-96545 - USAAF (USA)
16 June 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 3rd 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)
12 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Ontario AAF, CA.
May 1948 to February 1949
42-96545 - USAF (USA)
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.
Last edited: 11/02/2020