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Commando 43-47404

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47404

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 2930

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK452

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  July 1945 to September 1947

  43-47404 - USAAF (USA)

July 1945

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Saint Louis, MO.

  September 1947 to August 1957

  43-47404 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Assigned the obsolete type designation ZC-46E.

1948

Assigned to Wright Field, OH and used for solid glider towbar experiments.

Early 1957

Surplus.

 

Right & below: 43-47404 towing Waco CG-15A glider 45-5276 with an experimental solid towbar, 28 September 1950 over Ohio.
Photo Credit: National Museum of the USAF

43 47404 3
43 47404 2
43 47404 1

  August 1957 to October 1957

  N9665H - MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT COMPANY (USA)

8 August 1957

Purchased.

  October 1957

  N9665H - ROYAL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (USA)

11 October 1957

Purchased.

2 December 1957

Registration cancelled, exported to Mexico.

43 47404 4

  October 1957 to unknown date

  XA-MEM - AEROCARGA ESPECIALIZADA (MEXICO)

30 October 1957

Purchased.

1968 or 1969

Withdrawn from use at Ensenada, Mexico.

Fate unknown.

 

Left: a very poor shot of XA-MEM, details unknown.
Photo credit: AviaDejaVu.ru

Last edited: 30/11/2023