Commando 42-3672

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

  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.

  1948

  N????? - ADOLPH "AL" W. SCHWIMMER (USA)

1948

Purchased from RFC.

  1948 to May 1948

  RX-131 - LAPSA (LINEAS AEREAS DE PANAMA SA) (PANAMA)

1948

Purchased.

  May 1948 to March 1952

  1702 - IAF (ISRAELI AIR FORCE) (ISRAEL)

May 1948

Purchased.

  March 1952 to May 1953

  4X-AEF - EL AL (ISRAEL)

12 March 1952

Purchased.

  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 4^TH 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.

  1960 to 1968

  HK-791 - TAXADER (TAXI AEREO DE SANTANDER) (COLOMBIA)

1960

Purchased.

  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.

  1971 to March 1972

  HK-791 - AERONORTE (AEROVIAS DEL NORTE) (COLOMBIA)

1971

Purchased.

  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