Commando 43-47018

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

  October 1944 to April 1946

  43-47018 - USAAF (USA)

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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

  43-47018 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

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10 April 1946

Purchased.

  December 1957 to February 1960

  N9818F - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)

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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.

  February 1960 to 1960

  N106E - AIRLEASE INC. (USA)

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19 February 1960

Registered.

  1960 to June 1961

  N106E - QUAKER CITY AIRWAYS (USA)

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1960

Leased.

11 July 1961

Registration cancelled, exported to Paraguay.

  June 1961 to December 1963

  ZP-CAB - LAPSA (LLOYD AEREO PARAGUAYO SA) (PARAGUAY)

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21 June 1961

Purchased.

December 1963

Damaged beyond repair in an accident.