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Commando 42-107287

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107287

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26974

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU614

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  April 1944 to September 1947

  42-107287 - USAAF (USA)


April 1944

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  42-107287 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to 64th Troop Carrier Wing, Medium, based at Donaldson AFB, SC.

26 March 1953

Received minor damage at Donaldson AFB, SC in a ground collision during taxi.

Pilot: Frank H. Hogan

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2578th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Ellington AFB, TX.

11 January 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

2 February 1959

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 10/09/2019