Commando 42-96647

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96647

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30309

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU845

FATE: Unknown

  July 1944 to April 1946

  42-96647 - USAAF (USA)

20 July 1944

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

12 August 1944

Received major damage at an unknown location in a taxi accident while being operated by a ground crew.

8 September 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

   April 1946 to September 1956

  42-96647 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

10 April 1946

Purchased.

  September 1956 to late 1956

  PP-LEG - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)

September 1956

Purchased.

  Late 1956 to November 1956

  PP-LEG - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

Late 1956

Not taken up.

  November 1956 to January 1957

  PP-LEG - PARAENSE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)

30 November 1956

Purchased.

  January 1957 to August 1957

  PP-LEG - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

27 January 1957

Purchased.

  August 1957 to May 1962

  PT-AYA - CHARQUEADA SANTA MARIA DO ARAGUAIA (BRAZIL)

3 June 1957

Purchased. [26 August 1957 according to AB]

17 December 1957

Registered.

Right: this picture shows PT-AYA probably in Charqueada colors. “Caraja” is an Indian tribe living along the Araguaia River.
Photo credit: Santiago J. Oliver Scheitler / FLAP Internacional

  May 1962 to April 1964

  PT-AYA - TAS (TRANSPORTES AEREOS SALVADOR) (BRAZIL)

30 May 1962

Leased from Charqueada Santa Maria do Araguaia.

27 April 1964

Returned to Charqueada Santa Maria do Araguaia.

  April 1964 to March 1965

  PT-AYA - PARAENSE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)

Late April 1964

Leased from Charqueada Santa Maria do Araguaia.

  March 1965 to April 1965

  PT-AYA - CHARQUEADA SANTA MARIA DO ARAGUAIA (BRAZIL)

March 1965

Returned from lease to Paraense Transportes Aereos.

  April 1965 to May 1965

  PT-AYA - PRIVATE (BRAZIL)

30 April 1965

Purchased by Antonio sa Peixoto do Passo & Ernani Pinheiro Ferreira.

  May 1965 to June 1965

  PT-AYA - PRIVATE (BRAZIL)

May 1965

Purchased by Flodoaldo Pinto.

  June 1965 to April 1966

  PT-AYA - PRIVATE (BRAZIL)

June 1965

Purchased by Antonio sa Peixoto do Passo & Ernani Pinheiro Ferreira.

  April 1966 to June 1966

  PT-AYA - PRIVATE (BRAZIL)

6 April 1966

Purchased by Washington Hatanaka & Victor Maniero.

  June 1966 to October 1966

  PT-AYA - AMAZONAS AQUARIUM (BRAZIL)

June 1966

Purchased.

  October 1966 to July 1968

  PT-AYA - PRIVATE (BRAZIL)

19 October 1966

Purchased by Washington Hatanaka & Jose Francisco Iwao Fujiwara.

  July 1968 to unknown date

  PT-AYA - SAVA (SERVICOS AEREOS DO VALE AMAZONICO) (BRAZIL)

12 July 1968

Purchased.

1969

Withdrawn from use and stored.