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Commando 42-96767

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96767

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30429

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU965

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  September 1944 to September 1947

  42-96767 - USAAF (USA)


September 1944

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

  September 1947 to January 1965

  42-96767 - 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.

10 June 1950

Received minor damage at Detroit Wayne County, MI in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Ronald E. Daniels

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2578th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Ellington AFB, TX.

29 March 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

12 November 1963

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

  January 1965 to unknown date

  ????? - UNKNOWN (USA)


26 January 1965

Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 5,574 hours.

Fate unknown.