Commando 42-96730

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96730

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30392

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU928

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to April 1946

  42-96730 - USAAF (USA)

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1 September 1944

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

29 September 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

12 October 1944

Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Thomas M. Sykes

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

   April 1946 to August 1955

  42-96730 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

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10 April 1946

Purchased.

  August 1955 to 1956

  N75388 - GLOBAL AIRCRAFT LEASING (USA)

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August 1955

Purchased and christened “Chabua”.

20 August 1955

Ferried from India to the USA via Prestwick, UK.

  1956 to November 1963

  N75388 - RIDDLE AIRLINES (USA)

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1956

Purchased.

24 May 1962

Damaged in a landing accident.

Made a hard landing after stalling on approach.

  November 1963 to December 1966

  N75388 - AIRLIFT INTERNATIONAL (USA)

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29 November 1963

Transferred as Riddle Airlines changed its name to Airlift International.

 

Right: N75388 surrounded by its Airlift colleagues, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: NA3T

  December 1966 to February 1968

  N75388 - JOVAN CORPORATION (USA)

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19 December 1966

Purchased.

  February 1968 to December 1969

  CP-800 - TAL (TRANSPORTES AEREOS LITORAL) (BOLIVIA)

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2 February 1968

Purchased.

12 December 1969

Damaged beyond repair in Corani, Bolivia in a takeoff accident.