Commando 41-12388

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12388

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26515

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU155

FATE: Written off

  June 1943 to March 1946

  41-12388 - USAAF (USA)

4 June 1943

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

12 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

17 May 1944

Assigned back to the continental USA.

  March 1946 to 1950

  41-12388 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

8 March 1946

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

  1950 to February 1951

  N50092 - AIRCAR (AIR CARRIER SERVICE CORPORATION) (USA)

1950

Purchased from RFC.

  February 1951 to February 1954

  PP-AXP - AEROVIAS BRASIL (BRAZIL)

February 1951

Purchased.

30 April 1952

Registered.

24 February 1954

Registration cancelled.

  February 1954 to June 1954

  N????? - PEARL ISLAND CORPORATION (USA)

1954

Purchased.

  June 1954 to September 1966

  YV-C-ARN - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)

16 June 1954

Registered.

By 1964

Seen derelict in Miami, FL.

[unknown accident recorded for YV-C-ARN on 1 September 1952 in San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela by AB. Dates don’t match]

  September 1966 to unknown date

  CP-791 - AEROLINEAS ABAROA (BOLIVIA)

September 1966

Purchased.

3 October 1966

Registered.

  Unknown date to November 1968

  CP-791 - COMPANIA BOLIVIANA DE AVIACION (BOLIVIA)

Unknown date

Leased from Aerolineas Abaroa.

11 November 1968

Crashed at San Borja, Bolivia (no fatalities).