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Commando 42-96727

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96727

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30389

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU925

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  August 1944 to September 1947

  42-96727 - USAAF (USA)

August 1944

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

  September 1947 to 1960

  42-96727 - 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 2471st Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Chicago O'Hare, IL.

20 April 1950

Received minor damage at Chicago O’Hare, IL in a taxi accident while parked.

10 June 1950

Received minor damage in Cheyenne, WY in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Roberzt E. Carlson

1960

Withdrawn from use.

Fate unknown.