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Commando 42-107346

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107346

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27033

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU673

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  May 1944 to September 1947

  42-107346 - USAAF (USA)


May 1944

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  42-107346 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

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

5 November 1954

Received major damage at Hunter AFB, GA in a taxi accident.

Pilot: William H. Downham (survived, retired a USAF Colonel)

Unknown date

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

11 April 1958

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

27 May 1960

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.