Commando 43-47061
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47061
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 132
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK109
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
December 1944
43-47061 - USAAF (USA)
13 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
December 1944 to 1956
50698 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
13 December 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
December 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
February 1945
Assigned to VMR-352 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
May 1945
Assigned to VMR-953 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
July 1945
Assigned to VMR-252.
June 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
17 October 1946
Reconditioned at NAS San Diego, CA.
October 1946
Assigned to VMR-253 based at MCAS Miramar, CA.
November 1946
Assigned to VMR-152.
January 1947
Assigned to MAG-25 Service Squadron (Servron 25).
March 1947
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
April 1947
Assigned to Air Fleet Marine Force, Pacific based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
May 1948
Assigned to VMR-153 based in Tsingtao, Shandong, China.
1956 to October 1961
N7761B - AAXICO (USA)
1956
Purchased.
23 June 1961
Registration cancelled, exported to Venezuela.
October 1961 to May 1968
YV-C-LBS - LEBCA (LINEA EXPRESA BOLIVAR CA) (VENEZUELA)
13 October 1961
Registered.
Below: YV-C-LBS in LEBCA colors, date & location unknown.
Photo credit: Bill Thompson / JJPostCards
May 1968 to 1972
YV-C-TGF - TIGRES VOLADORES (VENEZUELA)
23 May 1968
Purchased.
Right: Tigres Voladores' YV-C-TGF, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: unknown
1972 to 1977
YV-C-TGF - LATIN CARGA (VENEZUELA)
23 May 1968
Purchased.
1977
Withdrawn from use.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 18/08/2023