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    Airframe Family: Curtiss C-46 Commando
    Latest Model:C-46A Commando
    Last Military Serial:42-101099 USAAF
    Construction Number:30554
    Last Civil Registration:ZP-CBM
    Compressed ID:Curtiss C-46A sn 42-101099 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Paraguayan Air Services

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-46A.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-101099.

    To Curtiss with new c/r N46U.

    By 22 December 1957

    To Paraguayan Air Services with new c/r ZP-CBM (Curtiss C-46A, 30554).

    22 December 1957

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There were five fatalities. The cargo flight departed Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ), Brazil and was destined for Belem/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE), Brazil. The accident occurred at off Aracruz, ES (Brazil) while en route. Narrative: The airplane operated on a trial flight from Asuncion, Paraguay to Miami, USA. En route stops were planned at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Belem. The flight took off at 17:52 and crashed off the coast of Aracruz...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.


    Photographer: Ken Wilson
    Notes: In MIA.
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