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