Commando 42-60994

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-60994

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26869

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU509

FATE: Unknown

  April 1944 to October 1945

  42-60994 - USAAF (USA)

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1 April 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY .

2 April 1944

Damaged in Jacksonville, FL in unknown circumstances.

Pilot: Dan F. Kehoe

6 April 1944

Assigned to Jacksonville, FL.

  October 1945 to February 1950

  42-60994 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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25 October 1945

Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  February 1950 to March 1950

  N5475N - SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION (USA)

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February 1950

Purchased from RFC.

  March 1950 to September 1950

  PP-XCW - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

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20 March 1950

Purchased, and assigned a temporary registration.

  September 1950 to 1962

  PP-LDG - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

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14 September 1950

Reregistered.

 

Right: PP-LDG sitting at Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont airport in March 1962, amidst a pretty lineup of classic propliners.
Photo credit: Mel Lawrence / Airliners.net

  1962 to September 1973

  PP-LDG - VASP (VIACAO AEREA SAO PAULO) (BRAZIL)

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1962

Transferred as part of the merger of Loide Aereo Nacional into VASP.

1970

Withdrawn from use.

 

Left: a Flight Simulator rendering of PP-LDG in VASP colors.
Photo credit: Luis Foernges / Flyawaysimulation.com

  September 1973 to November 1975

  PP-LDG - MOTORTEC INDUSTRIA AERONAUTICA (BRAZIL)

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28 September 1973

Purchased for overhaul and sale.

  November 1975 to unknown date

  CP-1281 - TRANSPORTES AEREAS LA CUMBRE (BOLIVIA)

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November 1975

Delivered.

1979

Withdrawn from use.