Commando 42-3665
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3665
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26798
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU438
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
February 1944 to November 1945
42-3665 - USAAF (USA)
8 February 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
28 February 1944
Assigned to ATC Central African Wing.
21 May 1945
Assigned to Morrison Field, FL.
November 1945 to 1949
42-3665 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
23 November 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Ontario AAF, CA.
1949 to June 1950 June 1950 to November 1950
N3920C - AIRCAR (AIR CARRIER SERVICE CORPORATION) (USA)
June 1950
Purchased.
November 1950 to January 1953
PP-YQD - REAL TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
November 1950
Purchased. [or merely leased?]
2 February 1951
Exported from the USA.
12 January 1953
Registered. [year underlined by AB]
11 February 1953
Registration cancelled.
January 1953 to March 1954
N3966C - AIRCAR (AIR CARRIER SERVICE CORPORATION) (USA)
January 1953
Purchased. [or returned from lease contract?]
March 1954 to September 1957
PP-LDU - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
9 March 1954
Purchased.
2 September 1954
Registered.
13 November 1957
Registration cancelled.
September 1957 to January 1958
PP-LDU - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)
September 1957
Purchased.
January 1958
YV-C-LBD - LEBCA (LINEA EXPRESA BOLIVAR CA) (VENEZUELA)
3 January 1958
Reported as purchased, but Venezuelan registration probably never taken up.
January 1958 to August 1958
PP-LDU - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
6 January 1958
Returned. [date quoted as December 1957 by AB, but this would imply a slight date discrepancy]
August 1958 to 1962
PP-LEP - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
8 August 1958
Reregistered.
Right: a 3D rendering of PP-LEP in Loide Aereo colors for Flight Simulator.
Photo credit: Luis Foernges / flyawaysimulation.com
1962 to May 1969
PP-LEP - VASP (VIACAO AEREA SAO PAULO) (BRAZIL)
1962
Transferred.
14 December 1965
Certificate of airworthiness expired, withdrawn from use at Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
19 February 1969
Registration cancelled.
May 1969
Broken up at Santos Dumont Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.