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.