Commando 42-96717
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96717
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30379
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU915
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
August 1944 to September 1947
42-96717 - USAAF (USA)
August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to September 1959
42-96717 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2577th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Brooks AFB, TX.
16 January 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
2 February 1959
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
September 1959 to October 1962
N9331Z - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
September 1959
Purchased from USAF, probably by L. B. Smith Aircraft Corporation. [to be confirmed]
October 1962 to unknown date
N9331Z - INTER AMERICAN AERONAUTICAL SUPPLIES INC. (USA)
24 October 1962
Purchased.
26 October 1962
Registration cancelled. Probably dismantled for parts.