Commando 43-47074
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47074
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 145
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK122
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
December 1944 to April 1946
43-47074 - USAAF (USA)
6 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
7 January 1945
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1333rd AAF Base Unit, Chabua, Assam, India.
5 September 1945
Damaged in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.
Pilot: John R. Thoman (survived)
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
April 1946 to April 1957 April 1957 to June 1957
N7864B - AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS INC. (USA)
April 1957
Purchased.
11 May 1957
Registered.
July 1957 to October 1957
N7864B - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)
12 July 1957
Leased from Caribbean Aircraft & Supply Company.
9 October 1957
End of lease contract.
October 1957 to January 1958
N7864B - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
October 1957
Purchased.
Converted to CW-20T.
23 January 1958
Registration cancelled, exported to Argentina.
January 1958 to April 1958
LV-PHN - TSA (TRANSCONTINENTAL SA) (ARGENTINA)
January 1958
Purchased and assigned a temporary import registration (pasavante).
April 1958 to December 1961
LV-FTT- TSA (TRANSCONTINENTAL SA) (ARGENTINA)
17 April 1958
Reregistered.
December 1961 to July 1963
LV-FTT- COMPANIA AUSTRAL DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS SACI (ARGENTINA)
22 December 1961
Leased from Transcontinental.
July 1963 to July 1964
LV-FTT- TSA (TRANSCONTINENTAL SA) (ARGENTINA)
July 1963
Returned from lease contract with Austral.
July 1964 to mid-1970's
LV-FTT- COMPANIA AUSTRAL DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS SACI (ARGENTINA)
July 1964
Purchased.
1971
Withdrawn from use and stored at Buenos Aires Aeroparque, Argentina.
Mid-1970's
Broken up. [last seen March 1972]
Right: LV-FTT in Austral colors, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: 1000aircraftphotos.com
