Commando 42-96799
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96799
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30461
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU997
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944 to September 1947
42-96799 - USAAF (USA)
September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to January 1965
42-96799 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Probably assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. [no reference to this Commando in AMARC records]
January 1965 to unknown date
????? - UNKNOWN (USA)
26 January 1965
Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 6,847 hours.
Fate unknown.