Commando 43-47011
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47011
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 82
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK59
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
October 1944
43-47011 - USAAF (USA)
16 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
October 1944 to May 1961
39587 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
16 October 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
Sent to the Lockheed Modification Center at Dallas Love Field, TX.
31 October 1944
Delivered from the Lockheed Modification Center at Dallas Love Field, TX.
November 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
January 1945
Assigned to MAG-15 Service Squadron (Servron-15) based at Apamama, Gilbert Islands.
February 1945
Assigned to VMR-252.
January 1946
Assigned to VMR-353 based on Saipan, Marianna Islands.
February 1946
Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35) based at MCAS El Centro, CA.
1 April 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35 based at MCAS El Centro, CA.
29 April 1946
Assigned to MAG-33 based at MCAS El Toro, CA.
June 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
February 1947
Assigned to Air Fleet Marine Force, Pacific based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
6 June 1947
Assigned to VMR-153 based in Tsingtao, Shandong, China.
May 1961 to August 1962
N4158A - PRIVATE (USA)
9 May 1961
Registered to Ralph W. Rensink of Lewiston, ID.
23 February 1962
Registration cancelled, export to Panama.
August 1962 to December 1966
HP-344 - AEROVIAS INTERNACIONAL BALBOA (PANAMA)
August 1962
Purchased.
Right: HP-344 in Balboa colors, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: Brian Stainer / NA3T.org
1968 to 1970
HP-344 - AFISA (AEROFLETES INTERNACIONALES SA) (PANAMA)
1968
Leased from Francis Augustus Conner.
21 November 1968
Received major damage in Miami, FL.
1970 to unknown date
HI-158 - AEROMAR (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
1970
Leased from Francis Augustus Conner. [prior to September 1970]
1976
Withdrawn from use and stored.
Last edited: 03/01/2021