Commando 43-47178
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47178
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 249
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK226
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
February 1945 to November 1945
43-47178 - USAAF (USA)
9 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.
11 May 1945
Received major damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a ground collision with parked C-47s 42-23306 and 43-48471.
Pilot: Frank T. Roebuck
November 1945 to 1946
43-47178 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
15 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
1946 to 1948
C-65 - LATCO (LINEAS AEREAS TRANSATLANTICAS COLOMBIANAS) (COLOMBIA)
1946
Purchased from RFC.
1948 to November 1949
HK-65 - LATCO (LINEAS AEREAS TRANSATLANTICAS COLOMBIANAS) (COLOMBIA)
1948
Reregistered.
November 1949 to March 1966
YV-C-ARE (II) - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)
November 1949
Purchased.
1 December 1949
Registered.
March 1966 to January 1968
HP-407 - APASA (AEROVIAS PANAMA SA) (PANAMA)
March 1966
Leased from RANSA.
17 August 1966
Registration cancelled, possibly following APASA's bankruptcy.
January 1968 to April 1970
CP-833 - SANIA (BOLIVIA)
January 1968
Purchased.
24 May 1969
Received major damaged in an accicdent.
Registration cancelled.
April 1970 to July 1970
CP-914 - SAB (SERVICIOS AEREOS BOLIVIANOS) (BOLIVIA)
April 1970
Purchased, rebuilt and reregistered.
15 July 1970
Damaged beyond repair in Espiritu, Bolivia in an accident (no fatalities).
Last edited: 03/05/2021