Commando 42-96773
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96773
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30435
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU971
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944
42-96773 - USAAF (USA)
6 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1944 to January 1947
39558 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
6 September 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
11 September 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
November 1944
Assigned to VMR-252, supported the assaults on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
June 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-21.
October 1945
Assigned to MAG-21 Service Squadron (Servron-21).
November 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-21.
January 1946
Assigned to VMR-353, probably based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
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 Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-25, based at NAS San Diego, CA.
August 1946
Assigned to MAG-25 Service Squadron (Servron-25).
31 October 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
31 January 1947
Struck off charge as surplus.