Commando 43-46971

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

  July 1944 to September 1947

  43-46971 - USAAF (USA)

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July 1944

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

  September 1947 to March 1965

  43-46971 - USAF (USA)

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18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2343^rd 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)

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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)

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September 1965

Purchased.

11 October 1965

Registered.

1 February 1969

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