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    Airframe Family: Curtiss C-46 Commando
    Latest Model:C-46 Commando
    Last Military Serial:44-77470 USAAF
    Construction Number:32866
    Last Civil Registration:CF-IHR
    Compressed ID:Curtiss C-46 sn 44-77470 USAAF cn 3...
    Latest Owner or Location:World Wide Airways

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-46.
    CURTISS WRIGHT C-46 32866

    28 November 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-77470.

    5 April 1948

    To United Services for Air with new c/r NC51738.

    August 1950

    To Crescent Air Transport with new c/r AP-ADU.

    8 September 1951

    To Lakeport Construction Company with new c/r N51738.

    21 January 1952

    To Peninsular Air Transport keeping c/r N51738.

    May 1953


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: At Oakland, California

    4 April 1955

    To L B Smith Aircraft Corp, Miami, FL keeping c/r N51738.

    13 July 1955

    To World Wide Airways with new c/r CF-IHR (Curtiss C-46D, 32866).

    4 August 1955

    Civil registration, N51738, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    23 September 1956

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. The accident occurred at DEW Line Site 28, NU (Canada) while landing. Narrative: The C-46 overran the runway at Distant Early Warning (DEW) radar line site 28.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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