Commando 42-101056
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101056
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30511
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1047
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
September 1944
42-101056 - USAAF (USA)
15 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1944 to July 1947
39570 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
15 September 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
October 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
January 1945
Assigned to VMR-352, probably based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
3 February 1945
Assigned to the Command of Air Fleet Marine Force Pacific (Air FMF Pac).
March 1945
Assigned to VMR-353, based at Saipan, Marianna Islands.
April 1945
Assigned to MAG-21 Service Squadron (Servron-21) for a short period.
Reassigned to VMR-353, based at Saipan, Marianna Islands.
May 1945
Assigned to MAG-21 Service Squadron (Servron-21).
7 September 1945
Assigned to VMR-353, based at Saipan, Marianna Islands.
October 1945
Assigned to VMR-952, probably based in Guam, Marianna Islands.
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-31 based in Okinawa, Japan.
1 December 1945
Reassigned to VMR-952, probably based in Guam, Marianna Islands.
February 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-31 based at Yokosuka, Japan.
Unknown date
Assigned to MAG-25 Service Squadron (Servron-25).
18 June 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-1. [unknown unit, typo by AB? or possibly MAW-1]
May 1947
Assigned to MAG-11 Fleet Air Service Squadron (Fasron-11).
31 July 1947
Struck off charge as surplus.
July 1947 to May 1948
39570 - WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATION (USA)
31 July 1947
Transferred from the US Marine Corps.
Last edited: 12/08/2020