Commando 42-96647
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
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 September 1956 to late 1956
PP-LEG - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)
September 1956
Purchased.
November 1956 to January 1957
PP-LEG - PARAENSE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
30 November 1956
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.
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.
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Withdrawn from use and stored.
Last edited: 04/01/2021