Commando 42-107334
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-107334
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27021
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU661
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1944 to 1953
42-107334 - USAAF (USA)
24 May 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
19 July 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division.
25 December 1945
Reinstated by 9th Air Force. [according to AB, not sure what this means]
Unknown date
Assigned to Cairo Payne Field, Egypt.
23 July 1946
Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
1953 to February 1954
PP-VCN - VARIG (BRAZIL)
1953
Purchased and sent to Venice, Italy for overhaul at Officine Aeronavali.
Unknown date
Registered, but not taken up.
February 1954 to February 1958
PP-LDR - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
18 February 1954
Purchased.
11 May 1954
Delivered.
February 1958 to June 1959
PP-NAQ - NAB (NAVEGACAO AEREA BRASILEIRA) (BRAZIL)
20 February 1958
Purchased.
15 April 1958
Registered.
June 1959 to September 1959
PP-LFE - LOIDE AEREO NACIONAL (BRAZIL)
21 August 1959
Purchased.
29 August 1959
Registered.
September 1959 to August 1960
PP-BTJ - PARAENSE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)
23 September 1959
Purchased.
10 November 1959
Registered.
24 August 1960
Damaged beyond repair in Rio Jari, Brazil in an accident (3/3 fatalities).
The Commando was operating a cargo flight between Porto Velho and Sao Paulo, Brazil. It crashed in the Rio Jari river for unknown reasons.