Commando 42-96667
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96667
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30329
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU865
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
August 1944
42-96667 - USAAF (USA)
3 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
August 1944 to November 1946
39552 - 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.
March 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-15.
April 1946
Assigned to NAS Alameda, CA.
30 November 1946
Struck off charge as surplus.