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    Airframe Family: Curtiss C-46 Commando
    Latest Model:C-46A-45-CU Commando
    Last Military Serial:42-96609 USAAF
    Construction Number:30271
    Last Civil Registration:N10624
    Compressed ID:Curtiss C-46A-45-CU sn 42-96609 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Red Bay, Andros Island

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-46A-45-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY, USA.

    11 July 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-96609.

    1954

    To Lebanese International Airways with new c/r OD-ABZ.

    1956

    To Lebanese International Airways with new c/r OD-ACL.

    1959

    To Boreas Corporation with new c/r N1001A.

    1961

    To Societa Area Mediterranea with new c/r I-SILA.

    17 July 1968

    To Aaxico Sales Inc with new c/r N10624.

    18 July 1973

    To Miami Air Lease Inc, Maimi, FL keeping c/r N10624.

    October 1977


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Clearing Customs at Miami in October 1977 was anonymous C- 46A N10624

    28 September 1979

    Crashed.
    The airframe was written off. - Ditched in the sea off San Andros.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    Abandoned.
    View the Location Dossier

    11 April 1981

    Civil registration, N10624, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
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    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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