Commando 43-47015
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47015
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 86
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK63
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
October 1944
43-47015 - USAAF (USA)
16 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
October 1944 to 1956
39591 - 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.
7 November 1944
Delivered from the Lockheed Modification Center at Dallas Love Field, TX.
November 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
May 1945
Assigned to VMR-953 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
June 1945
Assigned to VMR-952 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
October 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
20 February 1947
Overhauled at NAS San Diego, CA.
April 1947
Assigned to VMR-952 based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
May 1947
Assigned to VMR-252 based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
1956 to July 1957
N4164A - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
2 July 1956
Purchased, rebuilt and converted to CW-20T.
18 June 1957
Registration cancelled, exported to Sweden.
July 1957 to December 1960
SE-CFC - TRANSAIR SWEDEN (SWEDEN)
2 July 1957
Left Miami, FL for delivery to Sweden. Total airframe time 2,453 hours.
5 July 1957
Arrived in Malmo, Sweden.
12 July 1957
Operated its first commercial flight for Transair Sweden.
Right: SE-CFC early in its Transair career.
Photo credit: Michael Magnusson
December 1960 to June 1963
SE-CFC - ONUC (UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN THE CONGO)
30 December 1960
Wet-leased by Transair Sweden to the United Nations mission in Congo - the first of many Transair Sweden Commandos to operate there.
Delivered from Malmo, Sweden to Leopoldville, Congo.
20 October 1961
Returned to Malmo, Sweden from Leopoldville, Congo and onwards to Officine Aeronavali in Venice, Italy for overhaul.
10 February 1962
Left Malmo, Sweden for Leopoldville, Congo.
31 March 1962
Damaged in Manono, Congo in a crash landing.
14 April 1963
Repaired with parts from SE-CFB, including the entire cockpit, and returned to service.
Right: SE-CFC sitting in Albertville, Congo in UN, some time before its 1962 accident.
Photo credit: Michael Magnusson
June 1963 to January 1964
SE-CFC - TRANSAIR SWEDEN (SWEDEN)
28 June 1963
Left Leopoldville, Congo for Venice, Italy – end of lease contract with the United Nations and extended repairs at Officine Aeronavali.
January 1964 to May 1966
SE-CFC - CONGO GOVERNMENT (CONGO LEOPOLDVILLE)
17 January 1964
Leased by Transair Sweden to the Congo Government.
17 December 1965
Last commercial flight for the Congo Government, dba Transair Congo, between Lualabourg and Leopoldville, Congo.
Stored in Leopoldville, Congo.
May 1966 to August 1966
SE-CFC - TRANSAIR SWEDEN (SWEDEN)
24 May 1966
Flown to Las Palmas, Canary Islands for storage – end of lease contract with the Congo Government.
Right: SE-CFC stored in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, ca 1966-1967.
Photo credit: lae.blogg.se
August 1966 to June 1969
PP-BUA - PARAENSE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
August 1966
Purchased.
11-12 May 1967
Delivered from Las Palmas, Canary Islands to Belem, Brazil via Dakar, Senegal.
13 July 1967
Registered. Total airframe time 12,327 hours.
16 February 1969
Damaged in Manaus, Brazil after taxiing into a ditch.
Repaired.
June 1969
PP-BUA - FAIRCHILD-HILLER CORPORATION (USA)
4 June 1969
Traded in as part of the sale of six FH-227 to Paraense Transportes Aereos.
June 1969 to January 1972
N9020 - INTERNATIONAL EXPORT & IMPORT COMPANY (USA)
11 June 1969
Purchased.
Possibly kept flying for Paraense despite new ownership until September 1970.
September 1970
Withdrawn from use in Miami, FL.
December 1970
Registered.
February 1971
Seized by US Customs.
22 November 1972
Registration cancelled.
January 1972 to 1977
CP-960 - FRIMO (FRIGORIFICO MOVIMA) (BOLIVIA)
January 1972
Purchased.
2 February 1975
Received major damage in Reyes, Bolivia after the undercarriage collapsed during the takeoff run.
October 1977
Stored at La Paz El Alto, Bolivia.
Right: SE-CFC seen at La Paz El Alto, Bolivia on 27 December 1972.
Photo credit: Christian Volpati
Last edited: 19/02/2021