Commando 41-24736
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24736
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26657
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU297
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
October 1943 to December 1943
41-24736 - USAAF (USA)
29 October 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
December 1943 to February 1957
39510 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
9 December 1943
Transferred as R5C-1.
By August 1944
Assigned to VMR-952 based in Emirau, Bismarck Archipelago.
December 1944
VMR-952 joins the Transport Air Group, based in Guam, Mariana Islands.
February 1945
Participated with VMR-952 in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
May 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
June 1945
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
October 1945
Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).
November 1945
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
January 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
February 1957 to June 1961
N4088A - MARCO INDUSTRIES INC. (USA)
February 1957
Purchased.
[Commando apparently sent to Cuba at some point?]
June 1961 to September 1961
September 1961 to 1962
YV-C-BNB - AGUILAS VENEZOLANAS (VENEZUELA)
September 1961
Purchased.
4 January 1962
Registered.
1962 to 1968
YV-C-BNB - TACA DE VENEZUELA (VENEZUELA)
1962
Purchased.
1968
Withdrawn from use.
[TACA de Venezuela had already been taken over by LAV (Linea Aeropostal Venezolana) and fully absorbed by 1958... Is this a mistake, or was YV-C-BNB operated by LAV instead?]
Last edited: 01/08/2020