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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.