Commando 43-47014
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47014
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 85
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK62
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944
43-47014 - USAAF (USA)
19 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
October 1944 to unknown date
39590 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
19 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.
24 January 1945
Assigned to Air Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.
February 1945
Assigned to VMR-952 based in Guam, Marianna Islands.
Probably participated to the Iwo Jima campaign.
November 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
11 March 1947
Overhauled at NAS San Diego, CA.
4 April 1947
Assigned to MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
June 1947
Assigned to VMR-253 based at MCAS Miramar, CA.
April 1955
Struck off charge at Kirtland AFB, NM.
Unknown date to January 1965
43-47014 - USAF (USA)
Unknown date
Apparently transferred back to the USAF, possibly through the War Assets Administration.
Assigned to the 2596th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Hensley Field, TX.
14 March 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
2 February 1959
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
January 1965 to unknown date
N????? - C-46 PARTS INC. (USA)
24 January 1965
Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 3,479 hours.
[date probably 26 January 1965 instead, operator probable but TBC]
Unknown datesLast edited: 06/03/2024