Commando 42-96794

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-96794

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30456

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU992

FATE: Written off

  September 1944 to April 1946

  42-96794 - USAAF (USA)

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2 September 1944

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

5 October 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

9 October 1944

Damaged somewhere in India in a takeoff accident due to an engine failure.

Pilot: Glenn J. McGaffigan

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

   April 1946 to 1955

  42-96794 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

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10 April 1946

Purchased.

  1955 to November 1956

  N50790 - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)

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1955

Purchased.

  November 1956

  PP-LEE - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

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November 1956

Probably not taken up.

  November 1956 to September 1957

  PP-LEE - SADIA TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)

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21 November 1956

Purchased.

  September 1957 to March 1963

  PP-ASM - SADIA TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)

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6 September 1957

Reregistered. [purchased & registered on 19 March 1957 according to AB but unlikely given Aerobernie data]

  March 1963 to April 1964

  PT-BVG - PRIVATE (BRAZIL)

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19 March 1963

Purchased by Nilton Lopes Olearo [or Clearo].

7 April 1964

Damaged beyond repair near Salto, Argentina in a landing accident (0/2 fatalities).

The Commando, which was carrying contraband, attempted a night landing at Estancia La Fortuna, a ranch located close to the small town of Salto near Buenos Aires. It crashed and was damaged beyond repair.