Commando 42-96565

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96565

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30227

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU763

FATE: Unknown

  July 1944 to September 1947

  42-96565 - USAAF (USA)

July 1944

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

Unknown date

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

1 April 1945

Damaged at Reno AAF, NV in a ground accident while parked.

  September 1947 to unknown date

  42-96565 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2469^th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Scott AFB, IL.

19 July 1950

Received major damage at Scott AFB, IL in a takeoff accident due to weather.

Pilot: Duncan R. Chittenden

11 October 1950

Received minor damage at Scott AFB, IL in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Bert H. Loudermilk

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2466^th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Atterbury AFB, IN.

9 January 1954

Received minor damage at Atterbury AFB, IN in a takeoff accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Richard J. Walker

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2577^th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Brooks AFB, TX.

16 January 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

2 February 1959

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.