Commando 42-96555

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96555

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30217

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU753

FATE: Broken up

  June 1944 to April 1946

  42-96555 - USAAF (USA)

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30 June 1944

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

30 August 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

Received major damage at RAF Barrackpore, Bengal, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Frank V. Dowe

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

   April 1946 to October 1955

  42-96555 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

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10 April 1946

Purchased.

  October 1955 to January 1956

  N????? - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)

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October 1955

Purchased.

  January 1956 to October 1957

  PP-LDZ - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

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30 January 1956

Purchased. [date quoted as September 1955 by AB]

14 November 1956

Registered.

  October 1957 to June 1959

  PP-NBO - AERONORTE (BRAZIL)

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22 October 1957

Purchased.

30 July 1958

Reregistered.

  June 1959 to August 1961

  PP-NBO - REAL TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)

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12 June 1959

Transferred.

  August 1961 to February 1971

  PP-NBO - VARIG (BRAZIL)

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August 1961

Transferred as part of the purchase of the Real-Aerovias-Nacional consortium by VARIG.

16 November 1961

Withdrawn from use as Certificate of Airworthiness expired.

ca February 1971

Broken up.