Commando 42-96682
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96682
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30344
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU880
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
August 1944 to September 1947
42-96682 - USAAF (USA)
August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to 1959
42-96682 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2469th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Scott AFB, IL.
15 October 1957
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
29 January 1958
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
1959 to October 1960
N9341R - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
1959
Purchased from USAF. [probably then transited through Air International Inc.]
October 1960
PP-NMI - NAB (NAVEGACAO AEREA BRASILEIRA) (BRAZIL)
October 1960
Registration alloted, but not taken up.
October 1960 to October 1961
N9341R - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
October 1960
Remained with L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation.
October 1961 to August 1962
YV-P-GPL - FRIGORIFICO NUEVA GRANADA (VENEZUELA)
October 1961
Purchased.
9 November 1961
Registered.
August 1962 to 1971
YV-C-TGA - TIGRES VOLADORES (VENEZUELA)
18 August 1962
Purchased.
1971
Withdrawn from use.
Last edited: 09/03/2020