Commando 41-12408

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12408

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26535

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU175

FATE: Unknown

  June 1943 to March 1946

  41-12408 - USAAF (USA)

21 June 1943

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

17 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29^th Transport Group, 301^st Transport Squadron based in Sookerating, Assam, India.

14 November 1943

Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Clyde H. Hahn

19 June 1944

Assigned back to the continental USA.

  March 1946 to November 1949

  41-12408 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

12 March 1946

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

  November 1949 to December 1949

  N50150 - SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION (USA)

November 1949

Purchased from RFC.

  December 1949 to June 1951

  PP-XCR - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

30 December 1949

Purchased.

Given a temporary import registration ("pasavante").

  June 1951 to March 1959

  PP-LDK - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

15 June 1951

Reregistered.

6 November 1954

Damaged in an accident, repaired.

  March 1959 to June 1971

  PP-SLJ - TAS (TRANSPORTES AEREOS SALVADOR) (BRAZIL)

5 March 1959

Purchased.

20 April 1959

Registered.

4 January 1960

Received major damage after nosing over on takeoff from Dianopolis, Brazil (no fatalities).

During the takeoff roll, the Commando went out of control, veered off runway and came to a halt. There were no injuries but the aircraft was severely damaged. The loss of control was caused by the bad condition of the runway surface.

Subsequently repaired, but it is uncertain whether or not it flew again.

30 June 1971

Registration cancelled.