Commando 42-96698
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96698
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30360
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU896
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
August 1944 to September 1947
42-96698 - USAAF (USA)
August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to January 1965
42-96698 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2343rd Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Portland International, OR.
13 August 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
16 March 1964
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
January 1965 to unknown date
42-96698 - UNKNOWN (USA)
26 January 1965
Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 6,771 hours.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 11/03/2020