Commando 41-24766
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-24766
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26687
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU327
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
November 1943 to January 1944
41-24766 - USAAF (USA)
16 November 1943
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
January 1944 to February 1957
39522 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
7 January 1944
Transferred as R5C-1.
By August 1944
Assigned to VMR-252.
April 1945
Assigned to VMR-953 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
May 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
September 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), Marine Fleet Air West Coast.
October 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
February 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
March 1946
Assigned to MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35).
1 April 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
29 April 1946
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-33 based at MCAS El Toro, CA.
June 1946
Assigned to VMR-252 based at MCAS Miramar, CA.
31 May 1947
Striken off charge as excess at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
30 June 1947
Reinstated.
June 1947
Assigned to VMR-252 based at MCAS El Toro, CA.
July 1947
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-11 based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
October 1947
Assigned to NAS Columbus, OH.
February 1957 to February 1958
N4092A - MARCO INDUSTRIES INC. (USA)
18 February 1957
Purchased from US Navy.
February 1958 to February 1960
N4092A - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
12 February 1958
Purchased and converted to Super 46C.
May 1962 to June 1962
SE-EDP - TRANSAIR SWEDEN (SWEDEN)
18 May 1962
Purchased.
23 May 1962
Delivered in Trenton, NJ in Modern Air Transport color scheme but with no titles. Total airframe time 4,427 hours.
Right: SE-EDP wearing TSA titles [prior to departing for Congo and being painted overall white?]
Photo credit: Transair Sunjet
June 1962 to June 1963
SE-EDP - ONUC (UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN THE CONGO)
June 1962
Leased by Transair Sweden to the United Nations mission in Congo.
1 June 1962
Delivered from Malmo, Sweden to Leopoldville, Congo.
Below: SE-EDP loading soldiers for the UN in Leopoldville hangar, taxiing out, and later during flight over the Congolese bush.
Photo credit: Transair Sunjet
June 1963 to February 1964
SE-EDP - TRANSAIR SWEDEN (SWEDEN)
3 June 1963
Left Leopoldville, Congo for Malmo, Sweden – end of lease contract with the United Nations.
February 1964 to March 1966
SE-EDP - CONGO GOVERNMENT (CONGO LEOPOLDVILLE)
February 1964
Leased by Transair Sweden to the Congo Government.
3 February 1964
Delivered from Malmo, Sweden to Leopoldville, Congo.
March 1966 to November 1966
SE-EDP - TRANSAIR SWEDEN (SWEDEN)
25 March 1966
End of lease contract with the Congo Government, withdrawn from use in Leopoldville, Congo.
May 1966
Flown to Las Palmas, Canary Islands for storage. Total airframe time 8,791 hours.
November 1966 to June 1969
PP-BUC - PARAENSE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
November 1966
Purchased. Delivered from Las Palmas, Canary Islands to Belem, Brazil via Villa Cisneros, Dakar and Fortaleza.
9 February 1967
Registered.
25 June 1969
Registration cancelled, sold in the USA.
Left: a poor quality picture of PP-BUC in Belem, Brazil for Paraense.
Photo credit: Kurt Bjärestig
Below: PP-BUC on a stopover in Manaus, Brazil.
Photo credit: Wesley Minuano / airliners.net
June 1969 to March 1980
PP-BUC - FAIRCHILD-HILLER CORPORATION (USA)
4 June 1969
Traded in as part of the sale of six FH-227 to Paraense Transportes Aereos.
March 1980 to unknown date
N4092A - UNKNOWN (USA)
1 March 1980
Purchased by unknown private individual of Germantown, MD.
25 March 2013
Registration cancelled.
Last edited: 25/01/2019