Commando 42-96696

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

  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 3^rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU), 565^th 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 2472^nd 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.