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Commando 42-96705

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96705

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30367

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU903

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  August 1944 to October 1945

  42-96705 - 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.

ca September 1944

Assigned to 4th Combat Cargo Group, 15th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.

14 September 1944

Received major damage at Bowman Field, KY in a landing accident.

Pilot: Lawrence R. Warner

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 807th AAF Base Unit based at Bergstrom AAF, TX.

20 September 1945

Damaged at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a ground accident while parked.

  October 1945 to May 1948

  42-96705 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


20 October 1945

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

  May 1948 to August 1949

  42-96705 - USAF (USA)


21 May 1948

Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.

19 August 1948

Assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Material Area based at Tinker AFB, OK.

13 April 1949

Sent for reclamation at Tinker AFB, OK.

16 August 1949

Reclamation completed at Tinker AFB, OK.