Commando 41-24737

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24737

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26658

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU298

FATE: Written off

  October 1943 to November 1943

  41-24737 - USAAF (USA)

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20 October 1943

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

  November 1943 to February 1957

  39511 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)

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19 November 1943

Transferred as R5C-1.

By August 1944

Assigned to VMR-952 based in Emirau, Bismarck Archipelago.

December 1944

VMR-952 joins the Transport Air Group, based in Guam, Mariana Islands.

February 1945

Participated with VMR-952 in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

June 1945

Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).

August 1945

Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.

March 1946

Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).

  February 1957 to October 1958

  N4089A - MARCO INDUSTRIES INC. (USA)

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February 1957

Purchased.

  October 1958 to September 1959

  N4089A - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)

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14 October 1958

Purchased.

  September 1959 to March 1966

  ZP-CAP - LAPSA (LLOYD AEREO PARAGUAYO SA) (PARAGUAY)

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11 September 1959

Purchased.

23 September 1959

Registered.

  March 1966 to October 1966

  ZP-CAP - PRIVATE (PARAGUAY)

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11 March 1966

Purchased by Maria Teresa Reina de Biagiola.

  October 1966 to December 1966

  ZP-CAP - GERMA INC. (PARAGUAY)

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5 October 1966

Purchased and christened “Chandico”.

6 December 1966

Crashed near San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (0/3 fatalities).

Enroute, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crash-landed in a desert area located near Olacapato Chico, some 40 km northwest of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina. All three crew members were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.