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Commando 42-96691

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96691

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30353

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU889

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  August 1944 to September 1947

  42-96691 - USAAF (USA)


August 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

  September 1947 to unknown date

  42-96691 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2346th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Hamilton AFB, CA.

14 June 1958

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

2 February 1959

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.