Commando 43-46974
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46974
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 45
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK22
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
August 1944 to September 1947
43-46974 - USAAF (USA)
August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
September 1947 to March 1965
43-46974 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2346th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Paine Field, WA.
19 April 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
2 April 1964
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
March 1965 to May 1968
N91361 - C-46 PARTS INC. (USA)
2 March 1965
Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 5,295 hours.
11 January 1966
Registration cancelled, export to Chile.
May 1968 to September 1975 September 1975 to April 1977
CC-CCB - PRIVATE (USA)
September 1975
Purchased by Victor Salas and stored in Miami, FL.
Right: CC-CCB seen in Miami, FL still wearing LASA colors on 20 February 1976.
Photo credit: Ian MacFarlane / Air Britain
1978 to 1979
CP-1333 - TAI (TRANS AEREOS ILLIMANI) (BOLIVIA)
1978
Purchased. [1977 according to some sources]
1979 to 1980's
CP-1333 - TAL (TRANS AEREOS LUWIOR) (BOLIVIA)
1979
Purchased.
Left: CP-1333 in TAL colors, probably at La Paz El Alto, Bolivia, unknown date.
Photo credit: Michael Prophet
1980's to early 1990's
CP-1333 - TAVIC (TRANSPORTES AEREOS VIRGEN DEL CARMEN) (BOLIVIA)
1980's
Purchased.
Early 1990's
Broken up, probably in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Left: CP-1333 in Cochabamba, Bolivia on 30 July 1988.
Photo credit: peachA / Airliners.net
Below: the remains of CP-1333 seen on 4 November 1992, probably in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Photo credit: Peter M. Garwood / Flickriver
Last edited: 06/12/2020