Commando 41-12338
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
April 1943 to November 1945
41-12338 - USAAF (USA)
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)
6 November 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
June 1955 to 1973
YV-C-AVK - AVENSA (AEROVIAS VENEZOLANAS SA) (VENEZUELA)
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
1975 to August 1975
YV-140C - LATIN CARGA (VENEZUELA)
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 [other sources quote the aircraft withdrawn from use in 1977]
Last edited: 26/08/2020