Commando 42-101104
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101104
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30559
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1095
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944
42-101104 - USAAF (USA)
18 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1944 to unknown date
39578 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
18 September 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
30 September 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
December 1944
Assigned to VMR-352, based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
10 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.
31 January 1947
Struck off charge as surplus.
Last edited: 19/08/2020