Commando 42-96703
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96703
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30365
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU901
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
August 1944 to September 1947
42-96703 - USAAF (USA)
August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Unknown date
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 807th AAF Base Unit based at Bergstrom AAF, TX.
8 January 1945
Damaged at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a taxi accident due to weather.
Pilot: Edwin B. Brown III
17 September 1945
Received major damage at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a ground collision.
Pilot: Newell Almond
September 1947 to January 1965
42-96703 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2466th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Atterbury AFB, IN.
26 August 1954
Received major damage at Atterbury AFB, IN in a ground accident due to weather while parked.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2346th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Hamilton AFB, CA.
29 August 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
20 January 1964
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 4,345 hours.
Fate unknown.