Commando 42-96555
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
June 1944 to April 1946
42-96555 - USAAF (USA)
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 October 1955 to January 1956
N????? - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)
October 1955
Purchased.
January 1956 to October 1957
PP-LDZ - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
30 January 1956
Purchased. [date quoted as September 1955 by AB]
14 November 1956
Registered.
October 1957 to June 1959
PP-NBO - AERONORTE (BRAZIL)
22 October 1957
Purchased.
30 July 1958
Reregistered.
August 1961 to February 1971
PP-NBO - VARIG (BRAZIL)
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Withdrawn from use as Certificate of Airworthiness expired.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.