Commando 43-47155
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
January 1945 to April 1946
43-47155 - USAAF (USA)
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, 1332nd 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 June 1957 to August 1957
N????? - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)
June 1957
Purchased, refurbished in Panagarh, Bengal, India and ferried to the USA.
August 1957 to January 1958
PP-LEJ - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
Last edited: 08/04/2021