Commando 42-3594
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3594
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26727
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU367
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1943 to January 1944
42-3594 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
29 December 1943
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
January 1944 to April 1946
42-3594 - USAAF (USA)
13 January 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
22 January 1944
Departed the USA for India.
Unknown date
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
January 1957 to June 1960
N10435 - MIAMI AIRLINES (USA)
January 1957
Purchased and converted to C-46R.
[It is suspected that a broker actually purchased the aircraft first from the Indian Government]
June 1960 to 1961
N10435 - IMPERIAL AIRLINES (USA)
June 1960
Leased from the American Airmotive Corporation.
1961 to July 1963
N10435 - TRANS ATLANTIC AIRLINES (USA)
1961
Leased from the American Airmotive Corporation.
Flew throughout Western Europe, mainly from British airports.
Right: N10435 in its Trans Atlantic Airlines livery, parked at London Gatwick.
Photo credit: Jacques Guillem
Below: N10435 at a still relatively quiet Gatwick airport in 1961, between a Vickers Viking and a Percival Proctor.
Photo credit: Brian Robbins / airliners.net
July 1964 to June 1969
YV-C-TAN - TANCA (TAXIS AEREOS NACIONALES CA) (VENEZUELA)
7 July 1964
Purchased for $70,000, to be paid in monthly installments. [20 May 1944 according to AB]
August 1964
Delivered to Venezuela.
September 1964
TANCA suddenly stopped paying the monthly installments to A & H Aircraft Parts Inc.
October 1965
TANCA’s debt over the Commando purchased by Four Star Aviation Inc.
30 March 1966
Stolen from Venezuela by two Four Star Aviation pilots, and ferried to San Juan, PR.
Seized by Puerto Rican police upon landing in San Juan, PR after TANCA had notified Interpol about the theft.
31 March 1966
Request to return the Commando to TANCA sent by the Venezuelan Embassy to the US Department of State.
2 April 1966
Released by Puerto Rican authorities to two TANCA pilots, and ferried back to Venezuela.
June 1969 to June 1971
N11640 - FOUR STAR AVIATION INC. (USA)
30 June 1969
Purchased, or most likely seized after court proceedings.
February 1970
Registered.
June 1971 to November 1972
N11640 - BERTAIR INC. (USA)
30 June 1971
Purchased.
30 January 1973
Registration cancelled.
November 1972 to February 1977
CP-1009 - FRIGORIFICOS REYES (BOLIVIA)
25 November 1972
Purchased.
February 1977
Damaged beyond repair.
Last edited: 10/04/2021