Commando 42-96570
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96570
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30232
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU768
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
July 1944 to September 1947
42-96570 - USAAF (USA)
July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU), based at Reno AAF, NV.
1 August 1945
Damaged at Reno AAF, NV in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Rutledge J. Otis
September 1947 to January 1965
42-96570 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2577th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Brooks AFB, TX.
17 April 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
16 March 1964
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
January 1965 to unknown date
????? - UNKNOWN (USA)
26 January 1965
Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 5,973 hours.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 28/12/2019