Commando 43-47013
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47013
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 84
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK61
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944
43-47013 - USAAF (USA)
16 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
October 1944 to 1961
39589 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
16 October 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
Sent to the Lockheed Modification Center at Dallas Love Field, TX.
2 November 1944
Delivered from the Lockheed Modification Center at Dallas Love Field, TX.
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
22 January 1945
Assigned to Air Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.
February 1945
Assigned to VMR-252.
November 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
28 March 1947
Overhauled at NAS San Diego, CA.
March 1947
Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ.
October 1961 to August 1962
N4163A - PRIVATE (USA)
10 October 1961
Purchased by Douglas S. Duly, Burbank, CA.
21 November 1962
Registration cancelled, exported to Bolivia.
August 1962 to April 1963
CP-712 - AEROVIAS BOLIVIANAS TRANSANDINAS (BOLIVIA)
25 August 1962
Purchased by Jose Terrazzas, to be operated by Aerovias Bolivianas Transandinas.
April 1963 to May 1967
CP-712 - AERO TAXIS ORIENTALES (BOLIVIA)
April 1963
Purchased.
2 May 1967
Damaged beyond repair in Incahuara, Bolivia in unknown circumstances (no fatalities).
Last edited: 27/10/2022