Commando 42-101076
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101076
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30531
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1067
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944
42-101076 - USAAF (USA)
15 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1944 to February 1957
39572 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
15 September 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
26 September 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
December 1944
Assigned to VMR-352, probably based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
February 1945
Assigned to VMR-353, based on Saipan, Mariana Islands.
October 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-33.
February 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-15.
March 1946
Assigned to MCAS Ewa, HI. [cited at "Pearl Harbor"]
April 1946
Assigned to NAS Alameda, CA.
30 November 1946
Struck off charge as surplus.
February 1957 to unknown date
N4098A - MARCO INDUSTRIES INC. (USA)
18 February 1957
Purchased.
Fate unknown.