Commando 42-96793
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96793
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30455
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU991
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1944 to September 1947
42-96793 - USAAF (USA)
September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to October 1954
42-96793 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to 403rd Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 65th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based in Portland, OR.
23 October 1954
Damaged beyond repair at Edward AFB, CA probably in a CFIT in bad weather.
Pilot: Glenn A. Latrud
[a write-off on that occasion is our own assumption due to AAIR damage code 4, however aircraft fate is unknown according to all sources]