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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.

  May 1948 to January 1949

  42-101056 - USAF (USA)


21 May 1948

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

7 December 1948

Sent for reclamation at Hickam AFB, HI.

7 January 1949

Reclamation completed at Hickam AFB, HI.

Last edited: 12/08/2020