Commando 43-47194

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47194

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 265

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK242

FATE: Unknown

  February 1945 to November 1947

  43-47194 - USAAF (USA)

19 February 1945

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

8 March 1945

Departed the USA for the Panama Canal Zone.

Assigned to the 20^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Albrook Field, Panama Canal Zone.

  November 1947 to late 1947

  43-47194 - FLC (FOREIGN LIQUIDATION COMMISSION) (USA)

12 November 1947

Transferred to FLC and probably stored in Panama.

  Late 1947 to unknown date

  RX-110 - PRIVATE (PANAMA)

Late 1947

Purchased from FLC by Harold A. Speer.

  Unknown date to May 1948

  N1548V - THE BABB CO. (USA)

Unknown date

Purchased.

  May 1948 to January 1952

  OB-OAC-232 - ANDES (AEROVIAS NACIONALES DEL SUR) (PERU)

8 May 1948

Leased from the Babb Company.

14 May 1948

Registered.

  January 1952 to October 1953

  N1548V - THE BABB CO. (USA)

18 January 1952

Returned after ANDES went bankrupt.

  October 1953 to February 1967

  N1548V - WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES (USA)

October 1953

Purchased by George Rayburn and Noel Wien, to be operated by Wien Alaska Airlines.

Unknown date

Converted to Super 46C.

14 March 1955

Transferred to Wien Alaska Airlines.

Right: N1548V next to a Wien DC3, both wearing the early company livery, "somewhere in Alaska", 1955.
Photo credit: Elizabeth Meyer

Below, left: the same with a more modern paint scheme, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: Les Clark / Photo Vault

Below, right: N1548V at Kotzebue, AK embarking passengers for Barrow, AK, unknown date.
Photo credit: Andy961 / Flickr

  February 1967 to 1982

  N1548V - EVERTS AIR FUEL (USA)

14 February 1967

Purchased by Clifford R. Everts and operated by Everts Air Fuel.

Used to deliver fuel to arctic communities from its Fairbanks, AK base.

Left: N1548V and sistership N1419Z seen at Fairbanks, AK in September 1981.
Photo credit: Geoff Goodall / www.goodall.com.au

  1982 to February 1985

  N1548V - NENANA FUEL COMPANY (USA)

1982

Purchased.

Used to deliver fuel to arctic communities from its Fairbanks, AK base.

  February 1985 to May 1986

  N1548V - LA MESA LEASING INC. (USA)

February 1985

Purchased.

  May 1986 to February 1987

  N49DT - LA MESA LEASING INC. (USA)

May 1986

Reregistered.

Right: N49DT parked at Opa Locka, FL on 5 January 1987. Note the Super 46C spinners are gone.
Photo credit: Larry Johnson / AV.CA

  February 1987 to August 1987

  N49DT - INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES (USA)

February 1987

Purchased.

  August 1987 to unknown date

  CP-2168 - SERVICIOS AEREOS TITAN (BOLIVIA)

August 1987

Purchased.

Fate unknown.