Commando 41-12353
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12353
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26480
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU120
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1943 to January 1946
41-12353 - USAAF (USA)
1 May 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
January 1946 to 1950
41-12353 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
15 January 1946
Transferred to RFC, stored at Ontario AAF, CA.
September 1954 to April 1955
N68737 - JORDAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES (JORDAN)
September 1954
Leased from the Wilson Aircraft Corporation. Ferried to Amman, Jordan via Prestwick, UK.
April 1955 to November 1955
N68737 - WILSON AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
4 April 1955
Returned from lease to Jordan International. Ferried back from Amman, Jordan via Prestwick, UK.
November 1955 to December 1955
N68737 - WILLIAM G. SPILLMAN (USA)
November 1955
Purchased by William G. Spillman, owner of the Wilson Aircraft Corporation.
December 1955 to unknown date
XH-TNE (II) - TAN (TRANSPORTES AEREOS NACIONALES) (HONDURAS)
7 December 1955
Purchased.
November 1957 to December 1958
HC-ABQ - ECUATORIANA DE AVIACION (ECUADOR)
November 1957
Purchased.
HC-ABQ boarding Ecuatoriana passengers.
Photo credit: Guido Chavez / www.nlarenas.com
December 1958 to 1968
HK-790 - LLOYD AEREO COLOMBIANO (COLOMBIA)
November 1955
Purchased.
1960
Probably stored as the company went out of business.
ca 1964
Leased shortly to Taxader.
1968 to 1970
HK-790 - AEROLINEAS TAO (COLOMBIA)
1968
Purchased.
Left: HK-790 in TAO colors refueling on a turnaround at Bogota El Dorado Airport, Colombia.
Photo credit: Jaime Escobar Corradine / www.aviacol.net
1970 to March 1970
HK-790 - AEROPESCA (COLOMBIA)
1970
Purchased.
March 1970
Damaged beyond repair at San Carlos de Guabor, near Villavicencio, Colombia. [sometimes reported in 1972]
Last edited: 28/03/2021