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    Airframe Family: Curtiss C-46 Commando
    Latest Model:C-46F Commando
    Last Military Serial:44-78639 USAAF
    Construction Number:22462
    Last Civil Registration:CP-1268
    Compressed ID:Curtiss C-46F sn 44-78639 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aereovias Las Minas

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1945

    Constructed as a C-46F.
    CURTISS WRIGHT C-46F 22462

    July 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-78639.

    1950

    To SSW Incorporated with new c/r N54339.

    May 1952


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: At Oakland, California

    1954

    To Wien Alaska Airlines keeping c/r N54339.

    1964

    To Vance International Airways keeping c/r N54339.

    May 1970

    To Henry Muszynski keeping c/r N54339.

    1973

    To American Aviation Services keeping c/r N54339.

    26 August 1975

    To Miami Airlift/Aircraft Modifications Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N54339.

    18 February 1976

    Civil registration, N54339, cancelled.

    19 February 1976

    To Aereovias Las Minas with new c/r CP-1268.
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