The Curtiss Commando Page
The Curtiss Commando Page

Commando 42-96702

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96702

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30364

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU900

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  August 1944 to October 1945

  42-96702 - USAAF (USA)


18 August 1944

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

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, based at Baer Field, IN.

  October 1945 to 1949

  42-96702 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


30 October 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  1949 to 1950

  N79559 - UNKNOWN (USA)


1949

Purchased from RFC by an unknown private operator.

  1950 to 1955

  HK-165 - AVIANCA (COLOMBIA)


1950

Purchased.

1955

Withdrawn from use and stored.