Commando 42-3587
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3587
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26720
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU360
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
December 1943
42-3587 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
18 December 1943
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
December 1943 to February 1944
42-3587 - USAAF (USA)
31 December 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
February 1944 to unknown date
39533 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
1 February 1944
Transferred as R5C-1. [date quoted as 11 January 1944 by several sources]
By August 1944
Assigned to VMR-252.
March 1945
Assigned to VMR-953 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
April 1945
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
28 August 1945
Assigned to Marine Fleet Air West Coast.
29 August 1945
Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).
26 September 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
November 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).
5 June 1946
Assigned to VMR-252.
July 1947
Assigned to NAS Norfolk, VA.
30 November 1947
Struck off charge as surplus at NAS Norfolk, VA.