Commando 43-47367
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47367
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 438 (I) [this contruction number was assigned twice in a row in error]
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK415
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
June 1945 to October 1945
43-47367 - USAAF (USA)
2 June 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
43-47367 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
25 October 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
March 1948 to October 1948
PP-XBU - COMPANHIA ITAU DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
9 March 1948
Purchased and assigned a temporary import registration.
October 1948 to October 1955
PP-ITB - COMPANHIA ITAU DE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
7 October 1948
Assigned a permanent registration.
October 1955 to August 1956
PP-ITB - TAN (TRANSPORTES AEREOS NACIONAL) (BRAZIL)
October 1955
Transferred as Itau was taken over by TAN.
August 1956 to August 1961
PP-ITB - REAL TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
August 1956
Transferred as TAN was taken over by REAL.
Probably continued operating in TAN colors.
31 July 1959
Received major damage near Niquelandia, Brazil in a forced landing (0/3 fatalities). [not near Sao Bentinho, Paraiba, Brazil as ASN suggests]
The Commando was operating a night cargo flight between Manaus and Brasilia, Brazil with three crewmembers onboard. Some 150 km before destination, the aircraft ran out of fuel for unknown reasons. The crew had to carry out a forced belly landing.
Repaired.
August 1961 to September 1967
PP-ITB - VARIG (BRAZIL)
August 1961
Transferred as REAL was taken over by Varig.
Right: PP-ITB now with Varig, at Sao Paulo Congonhas, Brazil in the mid-1960's.
Photo credit: Vito Cedrini / Airliners.net
September 1967 to March 1972
HC-ANB - CIASA (COMPANIA INTERNACIONAL AEREA SA) (ECUADOR)
September 1967
Purchased.
March 1972
Withdrawn from used and stored in Guayaquil, Ecuador. [or WFU in July 1974 and stored in Quito, Ecuador according to other sources]
Fate unknown.
Left: much of Varig's paint scheme was kept in HC-ANB's early CIASA livery. Unknown date & location.
Photo credit: unknown / Instagram
Below: HC-ANB in its final colors, seen at Quito Mariscal Sucre, Ecuador probably in the early 1970's.
Photo credit: Michel Anciaux / AviationRainbows.com
Last edited: 27/08/2023