Commando 42-3565

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3565

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26698

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU338

FATE: Unknown

  November 1943 to April 1946

  42-3565 - USAAF (USA)

28 November 1943

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

19 December 1943

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Unknown date

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 11, Missamari, Assam, India.

19 June 1944

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

Pilot: Robert W. Schantz

25 January 1945

Received major damage somewhere in India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Quenton von Riner (survived, retired a Lt Col after fighting in Korea & Vietnam)

  April 1946 to September 1955

  42-3565 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

10 April 1946

Purchased.

[probably sold to some American broker in September 1955 before being purchased by RANSA as described below]

  September 1955 to 1966

  YV-C-ARX (II) - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)

September 1955

Departed India for delivery flight via Prestwick, UK.

1966

Withdrawn from use and stored.

Right: YV-C-ARX and sistership YV-C-ARZ in Prestwick on 3 September 1955 during their ferry flight from India.
Photo credit: Ken Tilley / Air Britain