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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.

  1947 to April 1950

  N1808M - ALASKA AIRLINES (USA)


1947

Purchased from RFC.

1950

Withdrawn from use.

  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