Commando 42-96775
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96775
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30437
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU973
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944
42-96775 - USAAF (USA)
20 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1944 to 1951
39560 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
20 September 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
30 September 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
18 December 1944
Assigned to VMR-352 based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
22 December 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35 based at MCAS El Centro, CA.
15 April 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-33.
June 1946
Assigned to MAG-33 Service Squadron (Servron-33).
24 July 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-25.
October 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
31 January 1947
Struck off charge as surplus.
1951 to unknown date
3101 - FUERZA AEREA DOMINICANA (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
1951
Purchased. [quoted as former 59360]
Assigned to Transport Squadron Pegasus based at San Isidro AB, Dominican Republic.
1965
Withdrawn from use and stored at San Isidro AB, Dominican Republic.