Commando 42-61021
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
April 1944 to April 1946
42-61021 - USAAF (USA)
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
November 1956 to February 1957
YV-T-JTD - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)
5 November 1956
Leased from Palm Aircraft Sales.
February 1957 to 1958
N7837B - PALM AIRCRAFT SALES (USA)
15 February 1957
Returned from lease contract with RANSA.
1958 to unknown date
N7837B - CONNER AIR LINES (USA)
1958
Purchased by Geneva M. Conner, wife of Francis Augustus “Gus” Conner, owner of Conner Air Line.
Apparently never operated.
Last edited: 24/08/2019