Commando 43-47341
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47341
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 412
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK389
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
May 1945 to April 1946
43-47341 - USAAF (USA)
18 May 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
24 May 1945
Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.
April 1946 to March 1956
March 1956 to October 1956
YV-C-ERB (II) - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)
2 March 1956
Purchased.
June 1956
Overflight permit for Brazil issued for the ferry flight from India to Miami, FL.
October 1956 to May 1957
XH-TNF (II) - TAN (TRANSPORTES AEREOS NACIONALES) (HONDURAS)
24 October 1956
Purchased.
May 1957 to July 1957
OB-LGU - APSA (AEROLINEAS PERUANAS SA) (PERU)
22 May 1957
Purchased.
Registration allotted, and possibly unofficially used.
July 1957 to March 1959
OB-OAA-470 - APSA (AEROLINEAS PERUANAS SA) (PERU)
19 July 1957
Reregistered.
March 1959 to September 1959
OB-WBQ-513 - TAPSA (TRANSPORTES AEREOS PERUANAS SA) (PERU)
18 March 1959
Purchased.
October 1961 to unknown date
OB-OAA-470 - AVASA (AEROVIAS AMAZONAS SA) (PERU)
11 October 1961
Leased from Compania de Seguros Popular y Porvenir.
Last edited: 12/08/2023