Commando 43-47047
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47047
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 118
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK95
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
November 1944
43-47047 - USAAF (USA)
27 November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
November 1944 to June 1956
39611 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
27 November 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
Marked "14".
November 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), Marine Fleet Air, West Coast.
December 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
June 1946
Assigned to VMR-253 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
October 1946
Assigned to MAG-25 Service Squadron (Servron-25).
December 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
January 1947
Assigned to MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
24 June 1947
Overhauled.
August 1947
Assigned to NAS Colombus, OH.
June 1956 to 1961
N10426 - AAXICO (USA)
15 June 1956
Purchased by Howard J. Korth, owner of AAXICO.
16 June 1956
Transferred to AAXICO.
28 August 1956
Registered.
24 October 1960
Damaged in Miami, FL in a landing accident.
The Commando's undercarriage collapsed on landing while a test flight was being performed.
Repaired.
June 1963 to July 1964
N10426 - AAXICO (USA)
June 1963
Returned to AAXICO after lease contract ended with Argonaut Airways.
July 1964 to September 1966
N10426 - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT (USA)
17 July 1964
Leased from AAXICO.
20 September 1966
Purchased from AAXICO.
September 1966 to March 1968
N10426 - UNIVERSAL AIRLINES (USA)
September 1966
Transferred as Zantop became Universal.
January 1975 to August 1975
N10426 - PRIVATE (USA)
9 January 1975
Purchased by Martin E. Ellsworth of Vermilion, OH.
November 1975 to 1977
N10426 - C-46 PARTS INC. (USA)
18 November 1975
Purchased, probably for parts.
1977
Broken up at Wakeman, OH.
[The Commando displayed at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, FL wears 39611 markings. However it is not the real 39611 but C-46A-60-CK 43-47350 instead]
Last edited: 01/03/2021