Commando 42-101097
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101097
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30552
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1088
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944
42-101097 - USAAF (USA)
18 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1944 to December 1946
39581 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
18 September 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
29 September 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
18 December 1944
Assigned to VMR-352, based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
13 February 1945
Assigned to VMR-353, probably based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
22 October 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAW-2, MAG-14, VMR-253, based at Guam, Mariana Islands.
19 February 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), Air Fleet Marine Force Pacific.
20 February 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-15.
27 February 1946
Assigned to MCAS El Centro, CA.
March 1946
Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).
1 April 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
30 April 1946
Assigned to MAG-33.
June 1946
Assigned to MAG-33 Service Squadron (Servron-33).
24 July 1946
Assigned to MAG-25 Service Squadron (Servron-25). [typo in AB, Servron-23 did not exist]
October 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
31 December 1946
Struck off charge as surplus.