Commando 43-47194
Aircraft Identification
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
Operational Record
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 20th 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.
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.
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
August 1987 to unknown date
CP-2168 - SERVICIOS AEREOS TITAN (BOLIVIA)
August 1987
Purchased.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 30/10/2021