Commando 43-47060
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47060
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 131
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK108
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1944
43-47060 - USAAF (USA)
1 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
December 1944 to unknown date
50697 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
1 December 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
7 December 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), Marine Fleet Air, West Coast.
11 December 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
February 1945
Assigned to VMR-352 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
17 May 1945
Assigned to VMR-953 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
30 May 1945
Assigned to VMR-952 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
May 1946
Assigned to VMR-252.
June 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
August 1947
Assigned to NAS Columbus, OH.
Unknown date
Assigned to MAG-11, VMR-153 based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
5 August 1950
Damaged beyond repair at Biggs AFB, TX in a ground accident.
Pilot: George W. Ross