Commando 43-47375
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47375
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 445
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK423
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
June 1945 to October 1945
43-47375 - USAAF (USA)
15 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 1949
43-47375 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
27 October 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
1950 to June 1950
N92858 - DASCOMP AIRCRAFT SALES (USA)
1950
Purchased.
11 April 1950
Registered.
28 August 1950
Registration cancelled.
June 1950 to October 1950
PP-XDR - VARIG (BRAZIL)
29 June 1950
Purchased and assigned a temporary import registration.
Ferried to Brazil.
October 1950 to August 1972
PP-VBS - VARIG (BRAZIL)
13 October 1950
Assigned a permanent registration.
8 March 1952
Damaged at Pelotas, Brazil in an undocumented accident.
Repaired.
23 April 1953
Damaged at Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont, Brazil in a landing overrun.
Repaired.
March 1962
Converted to Super 46C.
3 February 1969
Certificate of airworthiness expired.
Withdrawn from use at Sao Paulo Congonhas, Brazil.
3 August 1972
Registration cancelled, broken up.
Right: passengers boarding PP-VBS.
Photo credit: postcard / Varig-Airlines.com
Below, left: boarding in progress on PP-VBS, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: unknown
Below, right: the end is coming for PP-VBS, being stripped at Sao Paulo Congonhas, Brazil in April 1971.
Photo credit: Petr Popelar / Airliners.net
Last edited: 01/09/2023