Commando 42-61021

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-61021

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26896

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU536

FATE: Unknown

  April 1944 to April 1946

  42-61021 - USAAF (USA)

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5 April 1944

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

27 April 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Wing.

10 May 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, based at Station 9, Mohanbari, Assam, India.

25 May 1944

Received severe damage in Mohanbari, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Leland B. Sears (survived)

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

   April 1946 to 1956

  42-61021 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

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10 April 1946

Purchased.

  1956 to November 1956

  N7837B - PALM AIRCRAFT SALES (USA)

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1956

Purchased.

  November 1956 to February 1957

  YV-T-JTD - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)

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5 November 1956

Leased from Palm Aircraft Sales.

  February 1957 to 1958

  N7837B - PALM AIRCRAFT SALES (USA)

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15 February 1957

Returned from lease contract with RANSA.

  1958 to unknown date

  N7837B - CONNER AIR LINES (USA)

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1958

Purchased by Geneva M. Conner, wife of Francis Augustus “Gus” Conner, owner of Conner Air Line.

Apparently never operated.