Commando 43-47018
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47018
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 89
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK66
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944 to April 1946
43-47018 - USAAF (USA)
20 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
7 November 1944
Assigned to ATC Central African Division.
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
April 1946 to December 1957 December 1957 to February 1960
N9818F - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)
December 1957
Purchased.
Intended for RANSA but not taken up.
28 December 1957
Ferried from India to Miami, FL via Natal, Brazil.
May 1958 to August 1960
Performed several flights between Miami, FL and Brazil.
1960 to June 1961
N106E - QUAKER CITY AIRWAYS (USA)
1960
Leased.
11 July 1961
Registration cancelled, exported to Paraguay.
June 1961 to December 1963
ZP-CAB - LAPSA (LLOYD AEREO PARAGUAYO SA) (PARAGUAY)
21 June 1961
Purchased.
December 1963
Damaged beyond repair in an accident.
Last edited: 15/08/2023