Commando 42-96686
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96686
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30348
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU884
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
July 1944 to October 1945
42-96686 - USAAF (USA)
31 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to ATC North Atlantic Division.
13 August 1945
Assigned to ATC North Atlantic Division, 1380th AAF Base Unit based at Presque Isle AAF, ME.
October 1945 to May 1948
42-96686 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
23 October 1945
Transferred to RFC and probably stored at Bush Field, GA.
May 1948 to February 1949
42-96686 - USAF (USA)
21 May 1948
Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.
1 July 1948
Assigned to the Warner Robins Air Materiel Area based at Robins AFB, GA.
12 July 1948
Sent for reclamation at Robins AFB, GA.
20 January 1949
Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.