Commando 42-3621
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3621
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26754
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU394
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
February 1944
42-3621 - USAAF (USA)
1 February 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
February 1944 to 1956
????? - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
7 February 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and assigned to MCAS Cherry Point, NC. US Navy Bureau Number unknown.
Unknown date to February 1959
N9513C - GOLDEN STATE AIRLINES (USA)
Unknown date
Probably leased from Capitol Air.
Below, left: N9513C seen in Oakland, CA in September 1958.
Photo credit: Larry Smalley / Ed Coates Collection
Below, right: Passengers waiting around N9513C in Buchanan Field, CA after their flight diverted from fogged-in San Francisco on 27 November 1958.
Photo credit: Bill Larkins / Wikimedia Commons
February 1959 to March 1959
LV-PMB - TSA (TRANSCONTINENTAL SA) (ARGENTINA)
February 1959
Purchased and assigned a temporary registration.
Unknown date
Converted to CW-20T. [may also have occurred before being purchased by Transcontinental]
March 1959 to December 1961
LV-FTY - TSA (TRANSCONTINENTAL SA) (ARGENTINA)
19 March 1959
Reregistered.
Right: LV-FTY in Transcontinental colors.
Photo credit: unknown
December 1961 to February 1962
LV-FTY - ALA (AUSTRAL LINEAS AEREAS) (ARGENTINA)
22 December 1961
Leased from Transcontinental.
8 February 1962
Certificate of airworthiness expired.
13 February 1962
End of lease contract. May have been taken over from Transcontinental after the latter's demise in August 1962, but actual fate unknown.
Last edited: 13/05/2019