Commando 42-96766

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96766

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30428

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU964

FATE: Unknown

  September 1944 to October 1945

  42-96766 - USAAF (USA)

4 September 1944

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

25 October 1944

Assigned to the 1^st Operational Training Unit (1 OTU) based at Rosecrans Field, MO.

  October 1945 to April 1948

  42-96766 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

27 October 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  April 1948 to May 1950

  N51392 - UNITED SERVICES FOR AIR INC. (USA)

5 April 1948

Purchased from RFC.

29 April 1948

Registered.

  May 1950 to April 1955

  HK-156 - AVIANCA (COLOMBIA)

11 May 1950

Purchased.

  April 1955

  HK-156 - SALA AIRCRAFT SALES (COSTA RICA)

5 April 1955

Purchased. [29 April 1955 according to AB]

  April 1955 to November 1955

  N75335 - PRIVATE (USA)

29 April 1955

Purchased by Irving Leslie Jones Jr. [5 April 1955 according to PL]

  November 1955

  N75335 - PRIVATE (USA)

1 November 1955

Purchased by Arthur V. Davis.

  November 1955 to November 1963

  N75335 - RIDDLE AIRLINES (USA)

10 November 1955

Purchased. [12 September 1955 according to some JB]

  November 1963 to December 1967

  N75335 - AIRLIFT INTERNATIONAL (USA)

29 November 1963

Transferred as Riddle was renamed Airlift International.

30 June 1965

Withdrawn from use.

  December 1967 to January 1977

  ????? - UNKNOWN

December 1967

Purchased.

  January 1977 to unknown date

  ????? - UNKNOWN

14 January 1977

Purchased.

18 November 2014

Registration cancelled.