Commando 42-96777
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96777
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30439
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU975
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944
42-96777 - USAAF (USA)
6 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1944 to January 1947
39562 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
6 September 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
10 September 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
26 September 1944
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.
21 January 1946
Assigned to Marine Fleet Air, West Coast.
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 MAG-33 Service Squadron (Servron-33).
24 July 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-25.
July 1946
Assigned to MAG-25 Service Squadron (Servron-25).
Unknown date
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
31 January 1947
Struck off charge as surplus.