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Withdrawn from use.