Commando 42-3585
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3585
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26718
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU358
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
December 1943
42-3585 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
17 December 1943
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
December 1943 to January 1944
42-3585 - USAAF (USA)
31 December 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
January 1944 to unknown date
39531 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
17 January 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and assigned to MCAS Cherry Point, NC. [date quoted as 11 January 1944 by JB & PL]
By August 1944
Assigned to VMR-252.
29 December 1944
Assigned to MAW-3, SMS-15.
January 1945
Assigned to MAG-15 Service Squadron (Servron-15).
February 1945
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
June 1945
Assigned to Marine Fleet Air West Coast.
July 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
September 1945
Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).
February 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
March 1946
Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).
April 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
Unknown date
Assigned to MAG-33 Service Squadron (Servron-33).
1 June 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
June 1946
Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
Unknown date to March 1963
N9595Z - AIRMOTIVE SUPPLIES INC. (USA)
Unknown date
Purchased from US Navy.
Ferried to Panama and sold there.
March 1963 to late 1963
late 1963 to 1970
AN-ATA - LANICA (LINEAS AEREAS DE NICARAGUA) (NICARAGUA)
Late 1963
Purchased.
January 1964
Registered.
1970
Withdrawn from use and stored in Managua, Nicaragua.
Right: AN-ATA in Miami, FL circa 1969.
Photo credit: a Flying History
Last edited: 05/02/2019