Commando 43-47273

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47273

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 344

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK321

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

April 1945 to April 1946

43-47273 - USAAF (USA)

5 April 1945

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Saint Louis, MO.

12 April 1945

Departed the USA for an unknown destination.

Unknown date

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

April 1946 to 1954

43-47273 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

10 April 1946

Purchased.

1954 to 1956

CX-APE - SOUTH EASTERN AIRWAYS (URUGUAY)

1954

Purchased.

[It is actually likely that the Commando was purchased instead by one of the US companies specialized in importing aircraft from India, following an order from South Eastern Airways]

14 July 1954

Ferried from India to the USA via Prestwick, UK.

Unknown date

Converted to freighter.

[The aircraft was possibly never operated by South Eastern Airways]

1956 to 1961

HK-611 - LIA (LINEAS INTERAMERICANAS AEREAS) (COLOMBIA)

1956

Purchased.

1961 to 1962

HK-611 - LIDCA (LINEAS AEREAS DEL CARIBE) (COLOMBIA)

1961

Purchased.

1962 to unknown date

CC-CNG - TRANSA CHILE (CHILE)

1962

Purchased.

1963

Withdrawn from use.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 25/10/2022