3rd Operational Training Unit

  1942 to unknown date

  United States of America

TYPE: USAAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Rosecrans Field, MO (1942-1943), Reno AAF, NV (1943-unknown date)

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

Air Transport Command's 3^rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU) was created in 1942 at Rosecrans Field, MO with the mission of training flight crews to high-altitude operations. It moved to Reno AAF, NV on 7 June 1943. The unit operated many Commandos, which was a common type crews would later fly over the Himalayas.

1943 to January 1946*

Confirmed:

• Curtiss C-46-CU Commando: 41-5170, 41-5178
• Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando: 41-5190
• Curtiss C-46A-1-CK Commando: 43-46962, 43-46969, 43-46970
• Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando: 42-12382
• Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando: 42-107320
• Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando: 42-61066, 42-61089, 42-107284
• Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando: 42-107379, 42-107385, 42-107399, 42-96543, 42-96545, 42-96565, 42-96570, 42-96641, 42-96671, 42-96677, 42-96681, 42-96684, 42-96692, 42-96695, 42-96696, 42-96716, 42-96725, 42-96744

Probable:

• Curtiss C-46-CU Commando: 41-5161, 41-5162
• Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando: 41-12339, 41-12345, 41-12350, 41-12351, 41-12354, 41-12357, 41-12358, 41-12360, 41-12364, 41-12367, 41-12368, 41-12373, 41-12374 , 41-12378, 41-12380
• Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando: 41-12402, 41-12411, 41-12423, 41-12432
• Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando: 42-96535, 42-96536, 42-96690, 42-96701, 42-96731