Commando 42-107320

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107320

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27007

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU647

FATE: Written off

  May 1944 to November 1945

  42-107320 - USAAF (USA)

3 May 1944

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

Assigned to the 3^rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU), based at Reno AAF, NV.

  November 1945 to May 1948

  42-107320 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

4 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Ontario AAF, CA.

  May 1948 to March 1950

  42-107320 - USAF (USA)

21 May 1948

Returned to USAF service under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A.

19 August 1948

Assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Material Area, based at Tinker AFB, OK.

4 March 1949

Assigned to Atterbury AFB, IN, probably with the 2466^th Air Force Reserve Training Center.

24 June 1949

Converted to TC-46A.

30 June 1949

Assigned to Fairfax Field, KS, probably with the 442^nd Troop Carrier Wing.

4 November 1949

Assigned to the 2466^th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Atterbury AFB, IN.

1 March 1950

Damaged beyond repair at Olmsted AFB, PA in a landing accident and destroyed by fire (no fatalities).

Pilot: Tony P. Gill (survived)

After touching down at Olmsted AFB, the Commando went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest in flames. There were no casualties but the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

13 March 1950

Sent for reclamation.

2 June 1950

Reclamation completed.