Commando 42-96795
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96795
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30457
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU993
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
September 1944 to October 1945
42-96795 - USAAF (USA)
4 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to 1st Operational Training Unit (1 OTU), C Squadron based at Rosecrans Field, MO.
30 March 1945
Damaged at Rosecrans Field, MO in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Donald R. Rahn
10 September 1945
Surveyed.
15 October 1945
Reclamation completed.