Commando 43-47047

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

  November 1944

  43-47047 - USAAF (USA)

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27 November 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

  November 1944 to June 1956

  39611 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)

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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)

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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.

  1961 to June 1963

  N10426 - ARGONAUT AIRWAYS (USA)

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1961

Leased from AAXICO.

  June 1963 to July 1964

  N10426 - AAXICO (USA)

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June 1963

Returned to AAXICO after lease contract ended with Argonaut Airways.

  July 1964 to September 1966

  N10426 - ZANTOP AIR TRANSPORT (USA)

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17 July 1964

Leased from AAXICO.

20 September 1966

Purchased from AAXICO.

  September 1966 to March 1968

  N10426 - UNIVERSAL AIRLINES (USA)

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September 1966

Transferred as Zantop became Universal.

  March 1968 to October 1968

  N10426 - AVIATION ASSOCIATES OF GEORGIA (USA)

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15 March 1968

Purchased.

  October 1968 to January 1975

  N10426 - ORTNER AIR SERVICE (USA)

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11 October 1968

Purchased.

  January 1975 to August 1975

  N10426 - PRIVATE (USA)

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9 January 1975

Purchased by Martin E. Ellsworth of Vermilion, OH.

  August 1975 to November 1975

  N10426 - ACTIVE AIR INC. (USA)

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12 August 1975

Purchased.

  November 1975 to 1977

  N10426 - C-46 PARTS INC. (USA)

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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]