Commando 43-47076
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47076
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 147
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK124
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
December 1944
43-47076 - USAAF (USA)
17 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
December 1944 to June 1956
50703 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
17 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.
June 1945
Assigned to VMR-253 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
April 1946
Assigned to VMR-153 based in Tsingtao, Shandong, China.
Unknown date
Assigned to MAG-11 Fleet Air Support Squadron (Fasron-11).
October 1946
Assigned to Pearl Harbor, HI.
May 1948
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
June 1956 to November 1956
N7764B - AAXICO (USA)
June 1956
Purchased.
28 November 1956
Registered.
Not taken up.
November 1956 to January 1957
N7764B - PRIVATE (USA)
21 November 1956
Purchased by L. J. Lederer & M. R. Cole.
[registration noted by the FAA as cancelled on 27 March 1958 for export to Nicaragua?]
January 1957 to 1957
N9515C - C-46 SYNDICATE (USA)
8 January 1957
Transferred.
Converted to Super 46C.
1957 to 1958
N9515C - CCA (CALIFORNIA CENTRAL AIRLINES) (USA)
1957
Leased from C-46 Syndicate.
Right: N9515C in the bright CCA livery, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: Jacques Guillem / AirlinersGallery
November 1958 to December 1958
N9515C - PRIVATE (USA)
5 November 1958
Purchased by Jorge Carnicero of Washington, DC.
22 December 1958
Registration cancelled, exported to Argentina.
December 1958 to January 1959
LV-PLU - TSA (TRANSCONTINENTAL SA) (ARGENTINA)
December 1958
Assigned a temporary import registration (pasavante).
Leased to Transcontinental.
January 1959 to unknown date
LV-FTW - TSA (TRANSCONTINENTAL SA) (ARGENTINA)
13 January 1959
Reregistered.
11 January 1961
Last recorded inspection.
1962
Withdrawn from use.
Last edited: 19/03/2021