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Commando 42-96599

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96599

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30261

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU797

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  July 1944 to April 1946

  42-96599 - USAAF (USA)


15 July 1944

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

11 August 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

Unknown date

Assigned to 12th Air Force, 1262nd AAF Base Unit, based at RAF Castel Benito, Libya.

18 February 1945

Damaged at RAF Castel Benito, Libya in a ground accident while parked.

Unknown date

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

  April 1946 to unknown date

  ????? - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)


15 April 1946

Purchased.

1948

Withdrawn from use.