Commando 42-3667
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3667
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26800
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU440
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
February 1944
42-3667 - CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION (USA)
20 February 1944
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY to the one in Louisville, KY.
February 1944
42-3667 - USAAF (USA)
February 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
February 1944 to February 1957
????? - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
25 February 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and assigned to MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
[This Serial is quoted as Bu.No.39542 by JB & PL. For AB, Bu.No.39542 is Serial 42-3657.]
1958 to February 1959
N4083A - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
1958
Purchased.
Converted to Super 46C.
February 1959 to March 1959
LV-PML - COMPANIA AUSTRAL DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS SACI (ARGENTINA)
3 February 1959
Purchased and assigned a temporary registration.
March 1959 to November 1966
LV-GGM - COMPANIA AUSTRAL DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS SACI (ARGENTINA)
19 March 1959
Reregistered and christened “Pilpil”.
Below, left: LV-GGM carrying Austral’s penguin on the tail.
Photo credit: Alfred Damen / 1000aircraftphotos.com
Below, right: another shot of LV-GGM, probably taken the same day.
Photo credit: Brian Stainer / www.na3t.org
November 1966 to 1971
LV-GGM - AEROTRANSPORTES LITORAL ARGENTINO (ARGENTINA)
24 November 1966
Leased from Compania Austral de Transportes Aereos SACI (the two companies were operating together at the time).
1971
Withdrawn from use.
Last edited: 19/12/2020