Commando 42-96788
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96788
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30450
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU986
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
September 1944 to September 1947
42-96788 - USAAF (USA)
September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to 1959
42-96788 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2577th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Brooks AFB, TX.
23 October 1957
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
29 January 1958
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
1959 to February 1961
N9339R - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
1959
Purchased from USAF.
29 July 1960
Registered.
February 1961 to February 1962
PP-NMG - NAB (NAVEGACAO AEREA BRASILEIRA) (BRAZIL)
27 February 1961
Purchased.
February 1962 to June 1969
PP-NMG - VASP (VIACAO AEREA SAO PAULO) (BRAZIL)
February 1962
Transferred as part of the merger of NAB into VASP.
15 July 1962
Certificate of airworthiness expired.
Withdrawn from use and stored at Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil.
June 1969
Broken up at Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil.