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Commando 43-47180

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47180

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 251

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK228

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  February 1945 to October 1945

  43-47180 - 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.

Remained within the continental USA.

  October 1945 to May 1948

  43-47180 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


26 October 1945

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

  May 1948 to October 1949

  N1239V - PRIVATE (USA)


7 May 1948

Purchased by S. A. Richards of Burlington, VT.

26 October 1949

Registration cancelled, exported to Venezuela.

  October 1949 to unknown date

  ????? - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)


October 1949

Purchased, probably by RANSA.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 17/05/2021