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Commando 42-107293

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107293

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26980

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU620

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  April 1944 to September 1947

  42-107293 - USAAF (USA)


April 1944

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  42-107293 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

ca 1952

Assigned to the 2472nd Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Olathe AFS, KS.

30 April 1953

Received major damage at Tinker AFB, OK in a ground accident while parked.

18 June 1954

Received minor damage at Olathe AFS, KS in a taxi accident involving a ground collision.

Pilot: William H. Lane

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2585th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Donaldson AFB, SC.

12 April 1958

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

6 July 1960

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 11/09/2019