Commando 42-96720

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96720

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30382

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU918

FATE: Unknown

  August 1944 to September 1947

  42-96720 - USAAF (USA)

August 1944

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

  September 1947 to January 1965

  42-96720 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Converted to TC-46A.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2466^th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Atterbury AFB, IN.

15 July 1950

Received major damage at Atterbury AFB, IN in a ground loop on landing.

Pilot: John F. Roberts

Unknown date

Assigned to 2343^rd Air Force Reserve Training Center based in Portland, OR.

21 February 1953

Received minor damage in Longview, WA in a bird strike.

Pilot: Charles M. Bayless

3 May 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.

  January 1965 to unknown date

  ????? - UNKNOWN (USA)

26 January 1965

Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 4,407 hours.

Fate unknown.