Commando 43-47097
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47097
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 168
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK145
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
December 1944
43-47097 - USAAF (USA)
23 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
December 1944 to unknown date
50714 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
23 December 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), Marine Fleet Air, West Coast.
26 December 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
April 1946
Assigned to VMR-953 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
May 1946
Assigned to VMR-952.
December 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
15 May 1947
Overhauled at NAS San Diego, CA.
June 1947
Assigned to VMR-252 based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 27/03/2021