Commando 43-47366

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47366

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 437

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK414

FATE: Written off

  May 1945 to October 1945

  43-47366 - USAAF (USA)

31 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.

  October 1945 to 1947

  43-47366 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

26 October 1945

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

  1947 to April 1948

  N????? - CHARLES E. MATHEWS & CO. (USA)

1947

Purchased from RFC.

  April 1948 to November 1951

  PP-XBY - COMPANHIA ITAU DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)

12 April 1948

Purchased.

May 1948

Assigned a temporary import registration.

  November 1951 to April 1955

  PP-ITG - COMPANHIA ITAU DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)

20 November 1948

Assigned a permanent registration.

2 October 1953

Damaged somewhere at Campo Grande, Brazil in a landing accident.

The undercarriage retracted during the landing roll.

Repaired.

3 April 1955

Damaged beyond repair at Vitoria Goiabeiras, Brazil in an approach accident (3/3 fatalities).

The Commando was positionning empty between Sao Paulo Congonhas and Vitoria Goiabeiras, Brazil with three crewmembers onboard. While flying an instrument approach at destination, the aircraft struck a hill 3 km short of the runway. The aircraft was destroyed and all occupants were killed.

This accident was one of several that participated to the downfall of Itau a few months later.

Right: a Flight Simulator rendering of PP-ITG in flight.
Photo credit: unknown