Commando 42-96696
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96696
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30358
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU894
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
August 1944 to September 1947
42-96696 - USAAF (USA)
August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU), 565th AAF Base Unit, based at Reno AAF, NV.
7 January 1945
Received major damage at Reno AAF, NV in a taxi accident due to a mechanical failure.
Pilot: C/MSgt William R. Dorn
September 1947 to January 1965
42-96696 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2472nd Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Tinker AFB, OK. [or Olathe AFS, KS?]
4 April 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
6 December 1963
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
January 1965 to unknown date
????? - UNKNOWN (USA)
26 January 1965
Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 5,594 hours.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 11/03/2020