Commando 42-107290
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107290
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26977
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU617
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1944 to March 1946
42-107290 - USAAF (USA)
4 May 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
28 May 1944
Assigned to ATC Central African Wing.
1 July 1945
Assigned to Morrison Field, FL.
March 1946 to 1949
42-107290 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
26 March 1946
Transferred to RFC, stored at Ontario AAF, CA.
1950 to 1954
CB-45 - AEROLINEAS CAMBA (BOLIVIA)
1950
Purchased by Fernando Guilarte to be operated by Aerolineas Camba.
17 July 1952
Damaged in Cochabamba, Bolivia in an accident. Repaired.
1954 to October 1956
CP-545 - FRIGORIFICO COOPERATIVO LOS ANDES (BOLIVIA)
1954
Purchased.
23 October 1956
Damaged beyond repair at La Paz El Alto, Bolivia in unknown circumstances.
[This Commando is sometimes quoted as wearing registration CB-45 until it was written off in 1956]
Last edited: 27/08/2023