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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]