Commando 44-77670
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77670
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33066
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1602
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
January 1945 to February 1946
44-77670 - USAAF (USA)
11 January 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
11 February 1945
Assigned to the 8th Air Force.
Departed the USA for Europe.
Early 1945
Probably assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing.
20 July 1945
Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.
February 1946 to December 1947
44-77670 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
20 February 1946
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
December 1947 to January 1948
N1660M - NATIONAL AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
11 December 1947
Purchased from RFC by L. L. Wassenberg of National Aircraft Corporation.
January 1948 to June 1948
CU-P183 - UNKNOWN OPERATOR (CUBA)
30 January 1948
Delivered from Miami, FL to Havana, Cuba.
Leased from the National Aircraft Corporation by an unknown Cuban operator.
June 1948 to February 1949
N1660M - NATIONAL AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
14 June 1948
Reregistered in the name of Claire C. Wassenberg of Marion, FL, wife of L. L. Wassenberg of National Aircraft Corporation.
Presumably returned from lease to Cuba.
[noted by AB as purchased by Robert L. Brown on 15 November 1948, but unconfirmed]
15 February 1949
Registation cancelled, exported to Panama.
February 1949 to August 1949
RX-145 - LAPSA (LINEAS AEREAS DE PANAMA SA) (PANAMA)
9 February 1949
Purchased.
Apparently never delivered to Israel, even though LAPSA was a screen company created for that very purpose.
August 1949 to November 1950
YV-C-CAG - CAVE (COMPANIA AEREA DE VIAJES EXPRESOS) (VENEZUELA)
21 August 1949
Purchased.
November 1950 to February 1961
XH-TNC (II) - TAN (TRANSPORTES AEREOS NACIONALES) (HONDURAS)
17 November 1950
Purchased.
February 1961 to ca 1967
HR-TNC - TAN (TRANSPORTES AEREOS NACIONALES) (HONDURAS)
February 1961
Reregistered.
Right: HR-TNC in Miami, FL on 4 August 1967.
Photo credit: P. R. Keeting / NA3T
Ca 1967 to unknown date
HP-463 - INAIR PANAMA (dba INTERNACIONAL DE AVIACION) (PANAMA)
Circa 1967
Purchased.
1973
Withdrawn from use and stored at Panama City Tocumen, Panama.
Fate unknown.
Below, left: HP-463 in Miami, FL with Inair in December 1968.
Photo credit: Bo-Goran Lunkvist / Rainer Haufschild / Aird Archives
Below, right: the same on 20 November 1971, already parked in the grass at Panama City Tocumen, Panama.
Photo credit: Ger Buskermolen / Airliners.net
Last edited: 12/05/2024