Commando 43-47174

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47174

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 245

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK222

FATE: Unknown

  February 1945 to November 1945

  43-47174 - USAAF (USA)

14 February 1945

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

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, based at Baer Field, IN.

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813^th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO, Squadron B.

1 September 1945

Damaged at Pyote AAF, TX in a ground accident.

Pilot: Charles F. Sowa

  November 1945 to May 1948

  43-47174 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

15 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  May 1948 to October 1948

  N51863 - PRIVATE (USA)

13 May 1948

Registered to C. E. Yuille of Miami, FL. [probably Clarence E. Yuille]

19 October 1948

Registration cancelled, exported to Cuba.

  October 1948 to unknown date

  CU-C263 - CUBA AEROPOSTAL (CUBA)

October 1948

Registered.

August 1955

Purchased. [why so long between registration and purchase? possibly leased in the mean time?]

Right: a Microsoft Flight Simulator model of CU-C263 in Cuba Aeropostal colors.
Image credit: Greg Pepper, Libardo Guzman, Cliff Presley, Manuele Villa, Jorge Fernandez / Flyawaysimulation

  Unknown date to April 1961

  CU-C263 - EXPRESO AEREO INTERAMERICANO (CUBA)

Unknown date

Purchased.

1960

Seized in Miami, FL by the sheriff of Dade County under a warrant involving a claim by a US company against the Cuban government.

Auctioned.

  April 1961 to June 1961

  NO REG - HARRIS & CO. ADVERTISING (USA)

19 April 1961

Purchased.

  June 1961 to August 1961

  NO REG - PRIVATE (USA)

15 June 1961

Purchased by Murray L. Lazarus.

  August 1961 to January 1962

  N74824 - MADDEN & PLAYFORD AIRCRAFT (USA)

14 August 1961

Purchased.

5 January 1962

Registered.

16 January 1962

Registration cancelled, exported to Venezuela.

  January 1962 to August 1962

  YV-C-BNC - AGUILAS VENEZOLANAS (VENEZUELA)

January 1962

Purchased.

2 August 1962

Registered.

  August 1962 to unknown date

  YV-C-BNC - TACA DE VENEZUELA (VENEZUELA)

1962

Transfered as Aguilas Venezolanas merged with TACA.

1966

Withdrawn from use and stored.