Commando 43-47103
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47103
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 174
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK151
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
December 1944
43-47103 - USAAF (USA)
30 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
December 1944 to March 1948
50720 - US MARINE CORPS (USA)
30 December 1944
Transferred as R5C-1 and delivered to NAS San Diego, CA.
January 1945
Assigned to Homeland Defense Network (HDN), MAG-35.
May 1945
Assigned to VMR-952 based on Guam, Marianna Islands.
Unknown date
Assigned to MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
31 July 1947
Struck off charge as surplus.
March 1948 to 1948
N79095 - NATS (NATIONWIDE AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE) (USA)
10 March 1948
Purchased.
12 July 1948
Registration cancelled, exported to Honduras. [or Cuba?]
1948 to unknown date
CU-C145 - AEROVIAS Q (CUBA)
1948
Purchased.
31 May 1949
Damaged in Miami, FL by a windstorm.
July 1961 to 1963
CU-C145 - CUBANA (CUBA)
July 1961
Transferred to Cubana as Expreso Aereo Interamericano was absorbed by the state airline.
1963 to 1968
1968 to 1975
HC-AMV - ANDES (AEROLINEAS NACIONALES DEL ECUADOR SA) (ECUADOR)
1968
Purchased.
2 December 1972
Damaged at Panama City Tocumen, Panama in an unercarriage collapse.
Repaired.
Left: HC-AMV seen in Miami, FL in June 1965. [date discrepancy]
Photo credit: Clint Groves / AirlineFan.com
Below: HC-AMV taxiing out, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: Michael Prophet / michaelprophet.com
1975 to 1984
CP-1224 - NEBA (NORTH EAST BOLIVIAN AIRWAYS) (BOLIVIA)
1975
Purchased.
1984
Broken up in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Below, left: CP-1224 with NEBA, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: Michael Prophet / michaelprophet.com
Below, right: Remains of CP-1224 in Cochabamba, Bolivia on 4 November 1992.
Photo credit: Peter M. Garwood / Flickriver
Last edited: 27/03/2021