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