Commando 42-3667

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

  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.]

  February 1957 to 1958

  N4083A - MARCO INDUSTRIES INC. (USA)

February 1957

Purchased from US Navy.

  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Withdrawn from use.