Commando 42-96800

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: Unknown

  September 1944 to October 1945

  42-96800 - USAAF (USA)

6 September 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to the 1^st 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.

  April 1948 to May 1950

  N51578 - UNITED SERVICES FOR AIR INC. (USA)

5 April 1948

Purchased from RFC.

  May 1950 to April 1955

  HK-157 - AVIANCA (COLOMBIA)

9 May 1950

Purchased.

  April 1955

  HK-157 - SALA AIRCRAFT SALES (COSTA RICA)

29 April 1955

Purchased. [according to AB]

  April 1955 to November 1955

  N75336 - PRIVATE (USA)

4 April 1955

Purchased by Irving Leslie Jones Jr. [according to PL, dates discrepancy]

  November 1955

  N75336 - PRIVATE (USA)

1 November 1955

Purchased by Arthur V. Davis.

  November 1955 to February 1958

  N75336 - SKYWAYS AIRLINES (USA)

7 November 1955

Purchased.

  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.

  December 1958 to July 1963

  N75336 - PRIVATE (USA)

8 December 1958

Purchased by Manuel E. Guerra.

22 July 1963

Registration cancelled for export to Costa Rica.

  July 1963 to unknown date

  TI-???? - UNKNOWN (COSTA RICA)

July 1953

Purchased.