Commando 41-24700
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24700
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26621
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU261
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
September 1943 to September 1947
41-24700 - USAAF (USA)
September 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to 1960
41-24700 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2347th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Long Beach AFB, CA.
10 January 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
2 February 1959
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
1960 to November 1960
November 1960 to 1962
PP-NML - NAB (NAVEGACAO AEREA BRASILEIRA) (BRAZIL)
6 November 1960
Purchased.
24 March 1961
Registered.
1962 to June 1969
PP-NML - VASP (VIACAO AEREA SAO PAULO) (BRAZIL)
1962
Transferred, as NAB was purchased by Loide Aereo Nacional, which was immediately taken over by VASP.
13 September 1964
Certificate of airworthiness expired. Withdrawn from use at Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil.
June 1969
Broken up.
Right: a pretty Flight Simulator rendering of PP-NML in VASP colors.
Photo credit: unknown
Last edited: 18/01/2019