Commando 42-96725
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96725
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30387
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU923
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1944 to July 1945
42-96725 - USAAF (USA)
28 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU), based at the 565th AAF Base Unit, Reno AAF, NV.
18 October 1944
Received major damage at Reno AAF, NV in a landing accident.
Pilot: Clyde B. McNeill
8 November 1944
Damaged at Reno AAF, NV in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Milton R. Buls
2 January 1945
Damaged at Reno AAF, NV in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Thomas E. Karnes Jr
Unknown date
Apparently assigned to the 3rd Ferrying Group.
8 July 1945
Damaged beyond repair at Reno AAF, NV in a landing accident.
Pilot: Kenneth D. Johnson
14 July 1945
Surveyed.