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Commando 42-96564

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96564

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30226

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU762

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  July 1944 to September 1947

  42-96564 - USAAF (USA)


1 July 1944

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

Probably assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group based at Syracuse AAB, NY.

7 September 1944

Assigned to Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

  September 1947 to March 1949

  42-96564 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

1 January 1948

Assigned to Clark AB, Philippines.

14 August 1948

Assigned the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.

11 February 1949

Sent for reclamation.

14 March 1949

Reclamation completed.

Last edited: 19/08/2023