Commando 43-47174
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
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, 813th 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.
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Withdrawn from use and stored.
Last edited: 18/04/2021