Commando 42-96683

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96683

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30345

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU881

FATE: Unknown

  August 1944 to September 1947

  42-96683 - 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 45^th Maintenance Group, 4546^th Maintenance Squadron based in Miami, FL. [units not identified]

20 December 1952

Received minor damage in Marianna, FL in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Ned Thomas

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2346^th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Hamilton AFB, CA. [McClellan AFB, CA according to AMARC archives]

26 September 1957

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

24 October 1957

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

  1959 to unknown date

  N5585A - CUTLER CORPORATION (USA)

1959

Purchased from USAF.

Withdrawn from use and stored.