Commando 43-47041
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47041
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 112
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK89
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
November 1944
43-47041 - USAAF (USA)
11 November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
November 1944 to July 1947
39605 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
12 November 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
November 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
March 1945
Assigned to VMR-253 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
27 April 1946
Assigned to MAG-25 based in Tsingtao, Shandong, China.
July 1946
Assigned to VMR-153 based in Tsingtao, Shandong, China.
31 July 1947
Struck off charge as surplus.
July 1947 to September 1947
39605 - WAA (WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATION) (USA)
July 1947
Probably transferred to the WAA.
September 1947 to 1948
C-63 - LATCO (LINEAS AEREAS TRANSATLANTICAS COLOMBIANAS) (COLOMBIA)
September 1947
Purchased.
1948 to March 1949
HK-63 - LATCO (LINEAS AEREAS TRANSATLANTICAS COLOMBIANAS) (COLOMBIA)
1948
Reregistered.
22 March 1949
Destroyed by fire in Barranquilla, Colombia (no fatalities).
The Commando caught fire on the ground. Two workers were injured and the airframe was a writeoff.
Last edited: 27/02/2021