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Commando 42-96719

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96719

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30381

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU917

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  August 1944 to November 1945

  42-96719 - 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

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 349th Troop Carrier Group, 313th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Pope Field, NC.

13 January 1945

Damaged at Florence AAF, SC in a ground accident while parked.

  November 1945 to May 1948

  42-96719 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


26 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  May 1948 to November 1948

  42-96719 - USAF (USA)


21 May 1948

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

1 July 1948

Assigned to the Warner Robins Air Material Area based at Robins AFB, GA.

12 July 1948

Sent for reclamation at Robins AFB, GA.

4 November 1958

Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.

Last edited: 06/04/2020