Commando 42-101100
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101100
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30555
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1091
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944
42-101100 - USAAF (USA)
18 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1944 to unknown date
39575 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
18 September 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
October 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-23.
December 1944
Assigned to VMR-352, based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
15 February 1945
Assigned to VMR-353, probably based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
January 1946
Assigned to VMR-252, probably based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
June 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
30 September 1946
Struck off charge as surplus.
Last edited: 18/08/2020