Commando 42-96641
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96641
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30303
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU839
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
August 1944 to November 1945
42-96641 - USAAF (USA)
17 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU), based at Reno AAF, NV.
November 1945 to May 1948
42-96641 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
8 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
May 1948 to August 1949
42-96641 - USAF (USA)
21 May 1948
Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.
19 August 1948
Assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Material Area based at Tinker AFB, OK.
13 April 1949
Sent for reclamation at Tinker AFB, OK.
16 August 1949
Reclamation completed at Tinker AFB, OK.