Commando 42-101094
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101094
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30549
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1085
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1944 to October 1945
42-101094 - USAAF (USA)
19 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, based at Baer Field, IN.
Stayed within the Continental USA.
October 1945 to 1950
42-101094 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
20 October 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
1950 to June 1951
N51585 - AIRCAR (AIR CARRIER SERVICE CORPORATION) (USA)
1950
Purchased from RFC.
13 July 1951
Registration cancelled.
June 1951 to May 1953
PP-AXO - AEROVIAS BRASIL (BRAZIL)
June 1951
Purchased.
11 July 1951
Registered.
8 May 1952
Damaged in an accident. Repaired.
Right: a Flight Simulator 2004 rendering of PP-AXO.
Photo credit: Luiz Foernges
May 1953 to August 1953
PP-AXO - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
May 1953
Leased from Aerovias Brasil.
August 1953 to July 1954
PP-AXO - AEROVIAS BRASIL (BRAZIL)
August 1953
Returned from lease contract with Loide.
July 1954 to January 1959
PP-LDV - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
6 July 1954
Sold to TABA (Transportes Aereos Bandeirantes) and leased back to Loide. TABA had been part of the Loide group since 1951.
3 September 1954
Damaged in an accident.
January 1959 to October 1965
PP-BTI - PARAENSE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
28 January 1959
Purchased. [also quoted on 29 January 1959]
23 October 1965
Damaged beyond repair 40 km from Vilhena, Brazil.
The Commando crash landed on Road BR29 for unknown reasons. The occupants walked away uninjured, but the aircraft was destroyed. [Road BR29 is probably nowadays Road BR364]
2 July 1968
Registration cancelled.
Last edited: 18/08/2020