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.