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Commando 42-96801

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96801

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30463

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU999

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  September 1944 to October 1945

  42-96801 - 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.

23 November 1944

Damaged at Rosecrans Field, MO in a ground accident while parked.

9 January 1945

Damaged at Rosecrans Field, MO in a ground accident while parked.

  October 1945 to 1950

  42-96801 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

28 October 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  1950 to April 1951

  N3916C - AIRCAR (AIR CARRIER SERVICE CORPORATION) (USA)

1950

Purchased from RFC.

  April 1951 to September 1953

  PP-AXN - AEROVIAS BRASIL (BRAZIL)

14 April 1951

Purchased. [or leased?]

  September 1953 to late 1953

  N3916C - CARMAS SUPPLY CORPORATION (USA)

9 September 1953

Purchased.

  Late 1953 to May 1954

  N3916C - AVIATECA (GUATEMALA)

Late 1953

Leased from Carmas Supply Corporation. [AB quotes it as possibly N3914C, typo?]

  May 1954 to unknown date

  YV-C-ARO – RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)

May 1954

Purchased.

1966

Withdrawn from use and stored.