Commando 41-12338

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12338

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26465

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU105

FATE: Unknown

  April 1943 to November 1945

  41-12338 - USAAF (USA)

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17 April 1943

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Marked "22"

Remained within the continental USA.

 

Right: 41-12338 in flight, unit, date and location unknown.
Photo credit: www.worldwarphotos.info

  November 1945 to May 1949

  41-12338 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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6 November 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  May 1949 to June 1955

  N5807V - UNKNOWN (USA)

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May 1949

Purchased from RFC.

  June 1955 to 1973

  YV-C-AVK - AVENSA (AEROVIAS VENEZOLANAS SA) (VENEZUELA)

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June 1955

Purchased.

11 July 1955

Registered.

23 May 1970

Damaged in Curacao, Dutch West Indies in a belly landing.

 

Right: YV-C-AVK seen at its Caracas homebase.
Photo credit: Christian Volpati / airlinersgallery.smugmug.com

Below: a poor shot of YV-C-AVK on the belly at Curacao, Dutch West Indies.
Photo credit: Humberto Arias

  1973 to 1975

  YV-C-TGH - LATIN CARGA (VENEZUELA)

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1973

Purchased.

1974

Registered.

  1975 to August 1975

  YV-140C - LATIN CARGA (VENEZUELA)

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1975

Reregistered.

1 August 1975

Crashed in Caracas in front of the main harbor area. [other sources quote the aircraft withdrawn from use in 1977]