Commando 42-96660
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96660
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30322
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU858
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
August 1944
42-96660 - USAAF (USA)
3 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
August 1944 to January 1947
39545 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
3 August 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
Assigned to VMR-953, based at Corvallis AAF, OR.
30 September 1944
Moved with VMR-953 to MCAS Ewa, HI.
Operated flights extending into Pacific combat areas including Leyte in December 1944 and Okinawa in May 1945.
February 1946
Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).
1 April 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
29 April 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-33.
June 1946
Assigned to San Diego, CA.
31 January 1947
Struck off charge as surplus.