Commando 43-47351

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

  May 1945 to November 1945

  43-47351 - USAAF (USA)

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21 May 1945

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

Assigned to the 1^st 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)

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6 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  August 1953 to late 1953

  N92856 - PRIVATE (USA)

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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)

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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)

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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

  1966 to 1972

  YV-C-TGC - TIGRES VOLADORES (VENEZUELA)

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1966

Purchased.

  1972 to 1975

  YV-C-TGC - LATIN CARGA (VENEZUELA)

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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)

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1975

Reregistered.

 

Below: YV-142C quietly rotting away at Caracas Simon Bolivar International, Venezuela on 7 March 1989.
Photo credit: Larry Johnson & Petr Popelar