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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

  N9331Z - INTER AMERICAN AERONAUTICAL SUPPLIES INC. (USA)


24 October 1962

Purchased.

26 October 1962

Registration cancelled, exported to Colombia.

  October 1962 to unknown date

  HK-??? - UNKNOWN OPERATOR (COLOMBIA)


October 1962

Purchased by an unknown operator

Last edited: 07/08/2024