Commando 42-96676
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96676
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30338
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU874
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
August 1944 to September 1947
42-96676 - USAAF (USA)
August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to January 1965
42-96676 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2577th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Brooks AFB, TX.
20 December 1957
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
13 November 1963
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 5,491 hours.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 10/03/2020