Commando 42-3657
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3657
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26790
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU430
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
January 1944 to February 1944
42-3657 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
28 January 1944
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
February 1944
42-3657 - USAAF (USA)
7 February 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
February 1944 to unknown date
39542 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
7 February 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and assigned to MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
11 February 1944
US Navy Bureau Number assigned.
By August 1944
Assigned to VMR-252, based at Emirau, Bismarck Archipelago.
May 1945
Assigned to VMR-953, based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
June 1945
Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).
5 July 1945
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
November 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
December 1945
Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).
February 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.
10 June 1946
Reconditionned at NAS San Diego, CA.
18 June 1945
Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
[This Serial is quoted as “unknown Bu.No.” by JB & PL. For them, Bu.No.39542 is Serial 42-3667.]
Last edited: 19/05/2019