Commando 42-101061
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101061
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30516
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1052
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944
42-101061 - USAAF (USA)
15 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1944 to unknown date
39568 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
15 September 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
23 September 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
December 1944
Assigned to VMR-352, probably based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
9 February 1945
Assigned to VMR-353, based on Saipan, Marianna Islands.
Supported the assaults on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
January 1946
Assigned to MAG-21 Service Squadron (Servron-21).
February 1946
Assigned to VMR-252, based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
June 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
30 September 1946
Struck off charge as surplus.