Commando 42-96711

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96711

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30373

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU909

FATE: Broken up

  August 1944 to November 1945

  42-96711 - USAAF (USA)

19 August 1944

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

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

Unknown date

Moved with I Troop Carrier Command, assigned to 807^th AAF Base Unit based at Bergstrom AAF, TX.

9 February 1945

Received major damage at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Edward T. Richardson Jr

  November 1945 to May 1948

  42-96711 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

15 November 1945

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

  May 1948 to August 1949

  42-96711 - 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.