Commando 43-46976
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46976
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 47
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK24
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
August 1944 to November 1945
43-46976 - USAAF (USA)
24 August 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.
Remained within the continental USA.
November 1945 to 1946
43-46976 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
6 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR. [erroneously dated on 11 June 1945 by JB and 8 November 1945 by PL]
1946
N79041 - PRIVATE (USA)
1946
Purchased from RFC by W. L. Stevens of New Orleans, LA.
31 October 1952
Registration cancelled.
1946 to 1951
CB-49 - CBF (CORPORACION BOLIVIANA DE FOMENTO) (BOLIVIA)
1946
Purchased. [quoted by AB as purchased by Huidoto Suarez, possibly a CBF administrator]
1951 to September 1955
CP-549 - CBF (CORPORACION BOLIVIANA DE FOMENTO) (BOLIVIA)
1951
Reregistered.
20 September 1955
Damaged beyond repair near La Paz El Alto, Bolivia in a takeoff accident (0/2 fatalities).
The Commando was operating a cargo flight from La Paz. Just after liftoff, the aircraft stalled, and it crashed near the airport, between Viacha and Lapa. Both pilots were injured while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.