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Commando 42-3617

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3617

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26750

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU390

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  February 1944 to April 1946

  42-3617 - USAAF (USA)

19 February 1944

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

4 March 1944

Assigned to ATC India China Wing.

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

   April 1946 to November 1956

  42-3617 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

10 April 1946

Purchased.

  November 1956 to December 1956

  N????? - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)

30 November 1956

Purchased.

  December 1956 to October 1957

  PP-LEF - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

1 December 1956

Purchased.

  October 1957 to July 1959

  PP-NBN - AERONORTE (BRAZIL)

30 October 1957

Purchased. [date quoted as 24 October 1957 by JB & PL]

5 August 1958

Reregistered.

  July 1959 to August 1961

  PP-NBN - REAL TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)

29 July 1959

Transferred. [date quoted as 11 June 1959 by JB & PL]

  August 1961 to February 1971

  PP-NBN - VARIG (BRAZIL)

August 1961

Transferred as part of the purchase of the Real-Aerovias-Nacional consortium by VARIG.

November 1966

Withdrawn from use and stored in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1 February 1971

Broken up. [date quoted as 1970 by JB & PL]

Last edited: 24/08/2019