Commando 43-47351
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47351
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 422
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK399
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
May 1945 to November 1945
43-47351 - USAAF (USA)
21 May 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Saint Louis, MO.
Assigned to the 1st Operational Training Unit (1 OTU) based at Rosecrans Field, MO.
Remained within the Continental USA.
November 1945 to August 1953
43-47351 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
6 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
August 1953 to late 1953
N92856 - PRIVATE (USA)
August 1953
Purchased by James M. Van Hise of Miami, FL. [noted as s/n 422SL]
Late 1953 to mid-1954
N92856 - RIDDLE AIRLINES (USA)
Late 1953
Probably leased from James M. Van Hise.
18 June 1954
Registered.
28 June 1954
Registration cancelled, exported to Venezuela.
Right: N92856 operating for Riddle, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: Dusty Carter via Norman Malayney
Mid-1954 to 1966
YV-C-ARS - RANSA (RUTAS AEREAS NACIONALES SA) (VENEZUELA)
Mid-1954
Purchased.
19 November 1954
Registered.
Left & below: YV-C-ARS parked in front of Miami, FL cargo terminal, unknown date.
Photo credit: Bob Hobbs / NA3T & Larry Johnson / AV.CA respectively
1972 to 1975
YV-C-TGC - LATIN CARGA (VENEZUELA)
1972
Transferred as Tigres Voladores changed name to Latin Carga.
Left: YV-C-TGC in the bright orange Latin Carga livery, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: Christian Volpati / AirlinersGallery
1975 to unknown date
YV-142C - LATIN CARGA (VENEZUELA)
1975
Reregistered.
Below: YV-142C quietly rotting away at Caracas Simon Bolivar International, Venezuela on 7 March 1989.
Photo credit: Larry Johnson & Petr Popelar
Last edited: 18/08/2023