Commando 43-47359
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47359
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 430
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK407
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1945 to October 1945
43-47359 - USAAF (USA)
28 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.
October 1945 to 1947
43-47353 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
26 October 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
April 1950 to February 1951
N1808M - DONALD "DON" L. CARDIFF (USA)
4 April 1950
Purchased.
16 February 1951
Registration cancelled, exported to Brazil.
February 1951 to April 1951
PP-XCA - COMPANHIA ITAU DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
9 February 1951
Purchased and assigned a temporary registration.
Ferried to Brazil.
April 1951 to October 1955
PP-ITH - COMPANHIA ITAU DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
19 April 1951
Assigned a permanent registration.
Right: PP-ITA in Itau colors, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: Aero Museu
October 1955 to July 1959
PP-ITH - TAN (TRANSPORTES AEREOS NACIONAL) (BRAZIL)
October 1955
Transferred as Itau was taken over by Nacional.
6 January 1956
Damaged in a takeoff accident.
Following a loss of power on takeoff, the undercarriage was raised on the ground to stop the aircraft.
July 1959
PP-ITH - PRIVATE (BRAZIL)
22 July 1959
Purchased by Remo de Paoli of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
July 1959 to November 1960
PP-ITH - TAS (TRANSPORTES AEREOS SALVADOR) (BRAZIL)
30 July 1959
Purchased.
15 May 1960
Damaged at an unknown location in a belly landing following an engine failure.
November 1960 to January 1961
PP-SLK - TAS (TRANSPORTES AEREOS SALVADOR) (BRAZIL)
November 1960
Reregistered.
January 1961 to June 1961
PP-SLK - TAN (TRANSPORTES AEREOS NACIONAL) (BRAZIL)
26 January 1961
Purchased.
June 1961 to July 1961
PP-SLK - CHARQUEADA SANTA MARIA DO ARAGUAIA (BRAZIL)
June 1961
Leased from Nacional.
July 1961 to October 1961
PP-SLK - TAN (TRANSPORTES AEREOS NACIONAL) (BRAZIL)
July 1961
Returned from lease to Charqueada Santa Maria de Araguaia.
October 1961 to October 1962
PP-SLK - TAS (TRANSPORTES AEREOS SALVADOR) (BRAZIL)
19 October 1961
Purchased.
October 1962 to July 1966
PP-SLK - SADIA TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
October 1962
Purchased.
Left: PP-SLK with Sadia in Miami, FL in June 1966.
Photo credit: Denis L. Camargo / JJPostcards.com
July 1966 to October 1967
G-ATXV - HANDLEY PAGE LTD. (UNITED KINGDOM)
July 1966
Traded in by Sadia as partial payment for the purchase of new Handley Page Heralds.
November 1968
Registration cancelled as not imported.
October 1967 to November 1967
CP-826 - TAL (TRANSPORTES AEREOS LITORAL) (BOLIVIA)
October 1967
Traded in by Sadia as partial payment for the purchase of new Handley Page Heralds.
21 November 1967
Damaged beyond repair in Candelaria, Bolivia in unknown circumstances.
Last edited: 27/08/2023