Commando 43-47058
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47058
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 129
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK106
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1944
43-47058 - USAAF (USA)
13 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
December 1944 to February 1946
50695 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
13 December 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
December 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
February 1945
Assigned to VMR-352 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
May 1945
Assigned to VMR-953 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
21 February 1946
Damaged beyond repair on Johnston Atoll in a landing accident.
The Commando overshot the runway on landing.
28 February 1946
Struck off charge.
Last edited: 14/03/2021