Commando 42-96607
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96607
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30269
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU805
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
July 1944 to September 1947
42-96607 - USAAF (USA)
July 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to ca 1953
42-96607 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
ca 1949
Assigned to the 516th Troop Carrier Group, 345th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Memphis Municipal, TN.
27 November 1951
Received major damage at Buckley AFB, CO in a landing accident.
Pilot: Richard H. Furr
ca 1953 to December 1957
42-96607 - CALIFORNIA EASTERN AVIATION INC. (USA)
Unknown date
Probably leased by the USAF to California Eastern Aviation.
December 1957 to March 1965
42-96607 - USAF (USA)
14 December 1957
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
2 April 1964
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
March 1965 to April 1969
N91363 - C-46 PARTS INC. (USA)
2 March 1965
Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 5,758 hours.
April 1969 to 1970
HK-812W - SOEXA (SOCIEDAD DE EXPLOTACION AGROPECUARIA) (COLOMBIA)
15 April 1969
Registered.
1970 to June 1983
HK-812 - AEROPESCA (COLOMBIA)
1970
Registered.
11 July 1973
Received major damage in Villavicencio, Colombia in an explosion (0/3 fatalities).
Right wing severely damaged when fuel vapors exploded. [probably on the ground]
Right: HK-812, unknown date & location.
Below: HK-812, unknown date & location.
Photo credit for both: Paul Zogg / www.zoggavia.com
June 1983 to 1987
HK-812 - INTERCONTINENTAL DE AVIACION (COLOMBIA)
3 June 1983
Transferred as Aeropesca became Intercontinental de Aviacion.
Above, right: HK-812 at Villavicencio, Colombia in March 1983 [date discrepancy].
Photo credit: BuchairCards / JP Editions
1987 to June 2004
HK-812 - AEROSOL (COLOMBIA)
1987
Purchased, but never repainted.
ca 1990
Withdrawn from use and stored at Bogota El Dorado, Colombia.
June 2004
Broken up at Bogota El Dorado, Colombia.
Left: HK-812 standing on a dirt apron of Bogota, Colombia on 11 November 1992. Note the faded Inter colors.
Photo credit: Peter M Garwood / Airliners.net
Last edited: 01/02/2020