Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Curtiss C-46 Commando
    Latest Model:C-46F Commando
    Last Military Serial:44-78738 USAAF
    Construction Number:22561
    Last Civil Registration:HS-SKD
    Compressed ID:Curtiss C-46F sn 44-78738 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ban Suan, Chonburi

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-46F.
    Curtiss Wright C-46F 22561

    August 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-78738.

    22 August 1948

    To Seaboard and Western Airlines with new c/r N1649M.

    1954

    To Slick Airways keeping c/r N1649M.

    1957

    To Aaxico Airlines keeping c/r N1649M.

    From July 1960 to November 1961

    Leased to Capitol Airways.

    March 1964

    To William N. Hahn keeping c/r N1649M.

    December 1965

    To CLTM Airlines with new c/r PJ-CLC.

    May 1967

    To Millard C. Berry with new c/r N1447.

    22 September 1967

    To Continental Air Services Inc, Los Angeles, CA keeping c/r N1447.

    10 May 1974

    Civil registration, N1447, cancelled.
    Exported to Laos.

    11 May 1974

    To unknown owner with c/r XW-PMF.

    17 November 1978

    To Sahakoi Air Cargo with new c/r HS-SKD.

    Based at Ban Suan, Chonburi.
    At Fonjangnanghai Pub.
    View the Location Dossier

    7 January 2015


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: At the Fonjangnanghai Pub, in Chonburi, Thailand
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    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.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=14983][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Curtiss C-46F Commando, s/n 44-78738 USAAF, c/n 22561, c/r HS-SKD[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=14983
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.