Commando 43-47405
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47405
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 2931
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK453
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
July 1945 to February 1946
43-47405 - USAAF (USA)
12 July 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Saint Louis, MO.
Based in Miami, FL.
Right: 43-47405 next to a round-nosed cousin, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: the Aviation Photo Company
February 1946
43-47405 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
4 February 1946
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
February 1946 to March 1946
N62528 - LATIN AMERICAN AERO EXPRESS (USA)
5 February 1946
Purchased from RFC.
September 1949 to 1951
N62528 - AIR AMERICA (USA)
1 September 1949
Purchased.
Left: N62528 with Air America in 1950, possibly at Burbank, CA.
Photo credit: unknown
1951 to June 1953
N62528 - CARIBBEAN AMERICAN AIRLINES (NORTH STAR) (USA)
1951
Seemingly leased - even though Air America was bankrupt by March 1950.
Lease ended probably in 1952.
Below: two poor shots of N62528 in its Caribbean American. Note the general paint scheme is still Air America's.
Photo credit: unknown
December 1957 to 1961
N62528 - TIGRES VOLADORES (MEXICO)
2 December 1957
Leased from International Airports.
1961 to June 1962
N62528 - INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS INC. (USA)
1961
Returned from lease with Tigres Voladores.
12 June 1962
Put on sale via Inter American Aeronautical Supplies Inc. [who never owned it, only acting as a broker]
6 July 1962
Registration cancelled, exported to Ecuador.
June 1962 to 1967
1967 to unknown date
HK-843 - SEA COLOMBIA (COLOMBIA)
1967
Purchased.
1972
Withdrawn from use and stored in Cucuta, Colombia.
Fate unknown.
Right: HK-843 at Villavicencio, Colombia on 22 May 1971.
Photo credit: Reginald Rowe / AirlineFan.com
Last edited: 01/12/2023