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Commando 44-78020

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-78020

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33416

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1952

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  March 1945 to January 1947

  44-78020 - USAAF (USA)


10 March 1945

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Remained within the continental USA.

  January 1947 to August 1948

  44-78020 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


30 January 1947

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  August 1948 to November 1951

  N79983 - AIRCAR (AIR CARRIER SERVICE CORPORATION) (USA)


18 August 1948

Registered.

26 November 1951

Registration cancelled, exported to Brazil.

  November 1951 to unknown date

  PP-??? - VARIG (BRAZIL)


November 1951

Purchased, probably by VARIG. [registration probably in the PP-VCK to PP-VDL range]

Fate unknown.