Commando 43-47155

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47155

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 226

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK203

FATE: Broken up

  January 1945 to April 1946

  43-47155 - USAAF (USA)

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26 January 1945

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

13 February 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1332^nd AAF Base Unit, Mohanbari, Assam, India.

8 July 1945

Received major damage in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Victor M. Reynolds

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

   April 1946 to 1957

  43-47155 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

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10 April 1946

Purchased.

  June 1957 to August 1957

  N????? - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)

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June 1957

Purchased, refurbished in Panagarh, Bengal, India and ferried to the USA.

  August 1957 to January 1958

  PP-LEJ - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)

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6 August 1957

Purchased, but not taken up.

27 June 1958

Registered, but registration cancelled the same day.

  January 1958 to March 1958

  PP-LEJ - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)

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January 1958

Repurchased.

4 January 1958

Departed Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil on a delivery flight. [where to? possibly Belem, Brazil]

  March 1958 to June 1959

  PP-NBP - AERONORTE (BRAZIL)

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31 March 1958

Purchased.

2 March 1959

Registered.

24 January 1958

Delivered to Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil. [dates discrepancy]

  June 1959 to August 1961

  PP-NBP - REAL TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)

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11 June 1959

Purchased.

28 May 1960

Damaged in Vitoria de Conquista, Brazil when the landing gear retracted on landing (no fatalities).

  August 1961 to 1969

  PP-NBP - VARIG (BRAZIL)

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August 1961

Transferred as Real merged into VARIG.

10 April 1963

Damaged in President Prudante, Brazil in a runway overrun on takeoff.

21 June 1963

Received major damage in Brasilia, Brazil in a landing accident (no fatalities).

The Commando was operating a revenue flight into Brasilia, Brazil. Its tailwheel was damaged upon landing. The aircraft subsequently flew very little, if at all, following this accident.

1969

Broken up in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

9 June 1969

Registration cancelled.