Commando 43-47044
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47044
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 115
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK92
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
November 1944
43-47044 - USAAF (USA)
25 November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
November 1944 to August 1945
39608 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
22 November 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA. [date discrepancy]
November 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
March 1945
Assigned to VMR-253 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
16 June 1945
Assigned to MAG-21 Service Squadron (Servron-21) based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
21 June 1945
Assigned to VMR-253 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
24 May 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Okinawa, Japan.
31 August 1945
Struck off charge, Class 7-1-D.
Last edited: 28/02/2021