Commando 42-96771
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96771
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30433
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU969
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944
42-96771 - USAAF (USA)
4 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1944 to December 1946
39556 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
4 September 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
8 September 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
22 September 1944
Assigned to VMR-952, based at Emirau, Bismarck Archipelago.
Involved in supply and medevac flights to and from recently captured Peleliu, Palau.
December 1944
Transferred with VMR-952 to the Transport Air Group (TAG) based in Guam, Marianna Islands.
February 1945
Supported the assault on Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands with VMR-952, dropping supplies to Marine ground forces.
March 1945
Involved in supply and medevac flights to and from Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands.
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.
ca June 1946
Assigned to MAG-33 Service Squadron (Servron-33).
24 July 1946
Assigned to MAG-25 Service Squadron (Servron-25).
25 July 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-25.
31 October 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
31 December 1946
Struck off charge as surplus.