Commando 42-96800
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96800
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30462
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU998
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1944 to October 1945
42-96800 - USAAF (USA)
6 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 1st Operational Training Unit (1 OTU), C Squadron based at Rosecrans Field, MO.
14 June 1945
Damaged at Rosecrans Field, MO in a taxi accident.
Pilot: William O. Chennault
October 1945 to April 1948
42-96800 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
28 October 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
May 1950 to April 1955 February 1958 to September 1958
N75336 - CUTLER CORPORATION (USA)
13 February 1958
Purchased. [AB mixes it up with 43-47080, registered N5586A and also operated by Cutler]
September 1958 to December 1958
N75336 - LEEWARD AERONAUTICAL SALES (USA)
29 September 1958
Purchased.
22 July 1963
Registration cancelled, exported to Costa Rica.
December 1958 to 1959
TI-???? - UNKNOWN (COSTA RICA)
December 1958
Purchased by Manuel E. Guerra, owner of ANSA.
This airplane became either TI-1020 or TI-1022, both written off in 1959.
Last edited: 17/05/2024