Commando 42-96744
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96744
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30406
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU942
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944 to September 1947
42-96744 - USAAF (USA)
September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU), 565th AAF Base Unit, based at Reno AAF, NV.
14 July 1945
Damaged 3 km east of Reno AAF, NV in a belly landing following an engine failure.
Pilot: James C. Manley
September 1947 to unknown date
42-96744 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2472nd Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Tinker AFB, OK.
12 April 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
14 June 1960
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
Fate unknown.