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