Commando 41-12388
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
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.
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).