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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.