Commando 43-47419
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47419
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 2945
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK467
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
August 1945 to November 1945
43-47419 - USAAF (USA)
4 August 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Saint Louis, MO.
Intended as lend-lease to China, but cancelled.
Remained within the continental USA.
November 1945
43-47419 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
14 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Ontario AAF, CA.
November 1945 to 1948
N30019 - PRIVATE (USA)
26 November 1945
Purchased by Seeley G. Mudd of Los Angeles, CA.
Right: N30019, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: Ed Coates / Aerofiles
1948 to 1967
N30019 - IBEX CORPORATION (USA)
1948
Leased from Seeley G. Mudd.
1956
Withdrawn from use at Los Angeles Hawthorne, CA.
Later returned to service.
4 September 1962
Damaged at Los Angeles Hawthorne, CA in a landing accident (no fatalities).
The brakes failed on landing, and the Commando hit three parked aircraft before coming to a stop.
1967 to August 1968
N30019 - PRIVATE (USA)
1967
Returned from lease with Ibex, still under the ownership of Seeley G. Mudd.
August 1968 to September 1968
N30019 - PRIVATE (USA)
27 August 1968
Purchased by A. J. Levin of Burbank, CA.
16 September 1968
Registration cancelled, exported to Mexico.
September 1968 to unknown date
XB-LIU - FEDECOOP (MEXICO)
September 1968
Purchased.
25 April 1969
Registered.
Probably used to transport fresh fish.
1975
Repainted with yellow engine cowlings.
August 1977
Stored at Ensenada, Baja California.
Unknown date
Broken up.
Right: XB-LIU being serviced at Ensenada, BC on 27 August 1974.
Photo credit: I. E. Quastler / Flickr
Below, left: XB-LIU in its new livery, Ensenada, June 1976.
Photo credit: Paul Hayes / Airliners.net
Below, right: the same now withdrawn from use, probably around 1978.
Photo credit: Rene Buschmann / AirHistory.net
Last edited: 10/12/2023