Commando 42-96562
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96562
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30224
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU760
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
July 1944 to November 1945
42-96562 - USAAF (USA)
4 July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to Rosecrans Field, MO, probably with the 1st Operational Training Unit (1 OTU).
November 1945 to October 1949
42-96562 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
8 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
October 1949 to December 1949
N50790 - SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION (USA)
October 1949
Purchased from RFC.
December 1949 to February 1951
PP-XCQ - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
30 December 1949
Purchased.
January 1950
Registered for temporary import (“passavante”).
May 1959 to August 1961
PP-BLF - TABA (TRANSPORTES AEREOS BANDEIRANTES) (BRAZIL)
29 May 1959
Transferred. [Transportes Aereos Bandeirantes had merged into Loide in 1951! Did it still operate under that brand as late as 1961?]
August 1961 to June 1963
PJ-AEC - NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AIR TRANSPORT (NETHERLANDS ANTILLES)
12 August 1961
Registered.
June 1963 to 1965
PJ-AEC - TRANSPORTES AEREOS URUGUAYOS (URUGUAY)
June 1963
Leased.
August 1963
Caught carrying contraband in Bragado, Argentina. Impounded by Argentinian authorities.
October 1965
Registration cancelled.
1965 to September 1966
CP-786 - PRIVATE (BOLIVIA)
1965
Purchased by Roberto Vasquez, Bolivia.
15 September 1966
Damaged beyond repair near Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia in unknown circumstances (no fatalities).
Last edited: 06/12/2019