Commando 43-47341

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

  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

  43-47341 - INDIAN GOVERNMENT (INDIA)

10 April 1946

Purchased.

  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.

  September 1959 to October 1961

  OB-OAA-470 - POPULAR Y PORVENIR (PERU)

30 September 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.