Commando 42-96629

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96629

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30291

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU827

FATE: Unknown

  July 1944 to September 1947

  42-96629 - USAAF (USA)

July 1944

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

Unknown date

Assigned to 20^th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2^nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile) based in Luliang, Yunnan, China.

2 January 1945

Received major damage in Luliang, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Martin J. Aden

  September 1947 to January 1965

  42-96629 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to 437^th Troop Carrier Group, 85^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Chicago O’Hare, IL.

29 August 1953

Received major damage at Chicago O’Hare, IL in a landing accident.

Pilot: Francis H. Mills

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2346^th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Hamilton AFB, CA.

28 August 1958

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

20 January 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 4,493 hours.

Fate unknown.