Commando 43-47040
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47040
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 111
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK88
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
November 1944
43-47040 - USAAF (USA)
14 November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
November 1944 to July 1947
39604 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
14 November 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
November 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
March 1945
Assigned to VMR-253 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
April 1946
Assigned to VMR-153 based in Tsingtao, Shandong, China.
11 June 1947
Assigned to MAG-11 Fleet Air Support Squadron (Fasron-11) based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
31 July 1947
Struck off charge as surplus.
July 1947 to May 1948
39604 - WAA (WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATION) (USA)
ca July 1947
Transferred.
Used as ground mockup for transport troop training in Hawaii.
Last edited: 27/02/2021