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Commando 43-46971

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-1-CK Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46971

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 42

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK19

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1944 to September 1947

  43-46971 - USAAF (USA)


July 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

  September 1947 to March 1965

  43-46971 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2343rd Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Portland International, OR.

12 March 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

14 April 1959

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

  March 1965 to September 1965

  N91297 - C-46 PARTS INC. (USA)


2 March 1965

Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 3,841 hours.

24 August 1965

Registered.

6 October 1965

Registration cancelled, export to Bolivia.

  September 1965 to February 1969

  CP-745 - BOLIVIAN AIR SYSTEM (BOLIVIA)


September 1965

Purchased.

11 October 1965

Registered.

1 February 1969

Damaged beyond repair at Reyes, Bolivia while conducting a cargo flight.

Last edited: 26/11/2020