Commando 43-47045
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47045
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 116
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK93
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
November 1944
43-47045 - USAAF (USA)
21 November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
November 1944 to September 1947
39609 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
21 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.
October 1945
Assigned to MAG-21 Service Squadron (Servron-21) based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
November 1945
Assigned to VMR-253 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
April 1946
Assigned to VMR-153 based in Tsingtao, Shandong, China.
20 August 1946
Assigned to Air Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.
November 1946
Assigned to Pearl Harbor, HI.
20 February 1947
Overhauled in Pearl Harbor, HI.
April 1947
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
30 September 1947
Struck off charge as surplus.
Last edited: 28/02/2021