Commando 42-60994
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
April 1944 to October 1945
42-60994 - USAAF (USA)
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)
25 October 1945
Transferred to RFC, stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
February 1950 to March 1950
N5475N - SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION (USA)
February 1950
Purchased from RFC.
March 1950 to September 1950
PP-XCW - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
20 March 1950
Purchased, and assigned a temporary registration.
September 1950 to 1962
PP-LDG - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
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)
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Withdrawn from use.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)
28 September 1973
Purchased for overhaul and sale.
November 1975 to unknown date
CP-1281 - TRANSPORTES AEREAS LA CUMBRE (BOLIVIA)
November 1975
Delivered.
1979
Withdrawn from use.
Last edited: 30/07/2019