Commando 42-3672
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-3672
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26805
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU445
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
February 1944 to November 1945
42-3672 - USAAF (USA)
3 February 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
8 March 1944
Assigned to ATC Central African Wing.
21 July 1945
Assigned to Morrison Field, FL.
November 1945 to 1948
42-3672 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
6 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Ontario AAF, CA.
May 1948 to March 1952 May 1953 to August 1953
N2714A - ADOLPH "AL" W. SCHWIMMER (USA)
8 May 1953
Purchased. [owner quoted by PL to be John S. Russell Jr]
August 1953 to October 1954
N2714A - AMERICAN AVIATION LEASING (USA)
18 August 1953
Purchased. Probably leased to Zantop Flying Service [AB, JB] and Lance Air Transport [JB, ATDB].
October 1954 to May 1955
N2714A - 128 WEST 4TH STREET CORPORATION (USA)
8 October 1954
Purchased. Probably leased to Zantop Flying Service [AB, JB] and Lance Air Transport [JB, ATDB].
May 1955 to 1958
N2714A - AEROVIAS SUD AMERICANA (USA)
May 1955
Leased from 128 West 4th Street Corporation.
1958 to 1959
HP-228 - APA (AEROVIAS PANAMA AIRWAYS) (PANAMA)
1958
Purchased. [or leased according to AB]
1959 to 1960
HP-228 - COPA (COMPANIA PANAMENA DE AVIACION) (PANAMA)
1959
Purchased.
29 February 1960
Registration cancelled.
1968 to 1971
HK-791 - AEROPESCA (COLOMBIA)
1968
Purchased by Luis E. Bonilla, owner & director of Aeropesca, to be operated by his airline.
Unknown date
HK-796 registration requested but never taken up.
March 1972 to April 1973
HK-791 - LAOS COLOMBIA (LINEAS AEREAS ORIENTALES) (COLOMBIA)
March 1972
Purchased.
30 April 1973
Damaged beyond repair in Leticia, Colombia after blowing a tire on landing (no fatalities).
Left: HK-791 seen in Bogota El Dorado with its last operator, LAOS Colombia, in March 1972.
Photo credit: Chiristian Volpati / www.airlinefan.com
Last edited: 04/01/2024