Commando 42-96671
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96671
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30333
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU869
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
July 1944 to October 1945
42-96671 - USAAF (USA)
23 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to Air Transport Command Domestic Wing, 4th Ferrying Group based at Berry Field, TN.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU), based at Reno AAF, NV.
5 January 1945
Damaged at Reno AAF, NV in a ground accident while parked.
October 1945 to unknown date
42-96671 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
28 October 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
Unknown date to August 1961
N2074A - INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS INC. (USA)
Unknown date
Purchased from RFC. [1960 according to PL, but incompatible with 1956 incident below]
29 March 1956
Damaged in Burbank, CA by a fire on the ground.
August 1961 to November 1963
N2074A - SKY VAN AIRWAYS (USA)
August 1961
Leased for periods from Wings Inc.
Right: N2074A in Sky Van colors.
Photo credit: www.photovalet.com
November 1963
N2074A - PRIVATE (USA)
29 November 1963
Leased to Marshall M. Landy of Miami, FL in order to be sub-leased by Air France, but deal cancelled.
November 1963 to December 1963
N2074A - ATLANTA AIRWAYS (USA)
November 1963
Sub-leased from Marshall M. Landy.
December 1963 to February 1964
N2074A - LUFTHANSA CARGO (WEST GERMANY)
4 December 1963
Operated by Atlanta Airways for Lufthansa Cargo Services, probably in Lufthansa colors.
Flew newspaper daily between Frankfurt, Germany and Paris, France (New York Times and Stars & Stripes).
February 1964
Contract ended.
February 1964 to 1966
N2074A - PRIVATE (USA)
By January 1964
Purchased by A. J. Blackman of Los Angeles, CA. [dates discrepancy]
1966 to unknown date
N2074A - INTERSOUTH INC. (USA)
1966
Purchased. [1968 according to PL]
7 May 1970
Unconfirmed rumor of an accident in the Argentinian Andes.
1970
Withdrawn from use and stored, registration cancelled.
Last edited: 12/03/2024