Commando 43-47104
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47104
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 175
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK152
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1944
43-47104 - USAAF (USA)
30 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
December 1944 to 1956
50721 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
30 December 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
January 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
May 1945
Assigned to VMR-953 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
June 1945
Assigned to VMR-253 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
April 1946
Assigned to VMR-153 based in Tsingtao, Shandong, China.
October 1946
Assigned to MAG-11 Fleet Air Service Squadron (Fasron-11) based at Pearl Harbor, HI.
May 1948
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
1956 to 1960
N7766B - AAXICO (USA)
1956
Purchased.
28 November 1956
Registered.
2 May 1960
Registration cancelled, exported to Nicaragua.
1960 to August 1972
AN-AMR - LANICA (LINEAS AEREAS DE NICARAGUA (NICARAGUA)
1960
Purchased.
29 August 1972
Damaged beyond repair in Managua, Nicaragua in a belly landing (no fatalities).
The Commando suffered a left engine fire after taking off from Managua. The crew returned to the airport and performed a belly landing.
Right: the remains of AN-AMR seen in Managua, Nicaragua in August 1974.
Photo credit: Werner Fischdick
