Commando 43-47096
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47096
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 167
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK144
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1944
43-47096 - USAAF (USA)
19 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
December 1944 to 1947
50713 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
19 December 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
21 December 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), Marine Fleet Air, West Coast.
22 December 1944
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
29 June 1945
Assigned to VMR-352 based at MCAS Ewa, HI.
March 1946
Assigned to Pearl Harbor, HI.
April 1946
Assigned to NAS San Diego, CA.
30 September 1946
Struck off charge as surplus.
1954 to July 1958
CC-CAG-0470 - ALA (SOCIEDAD DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS) (CHILE)
1954
Transferred as Lyon Air merged with Air Chile and changed its name to ALA.
15 June 1957
Damaged in Tulara, Chile in a belly landing.
Repaired.
July 1958 to September 1968
HC-AMC - ANDES (AEROLINEAS NACIONALES DEL ECUADOR SA) (ECUADOR)
25 July 1958
Purchased.
20 September 1968
Damaged beyond repair in Managua, Nicaragua in a takeoff accident (1/2 fatalities).
The Commando was operating a cargo flight between Managua, Nicaragua and Miami, FL with only two crewmembers onboard. The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff, killing one pilot and wounding the other.
Last edited: 27/03/2021