LV-GEB, Curtiss C-46 Super, c/n 30325-CU861

LV-GEB, Curtiss C-46 Super, c/n 30325-CU861
42-96663, USAAF, Delivered as C-46A-45-CU Commando, from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY. 04.08.44
BuNo 39548, US MARINE CORPS (USA)
 - NAS San Diego, CA. Assigned to VMR-953, based at Corvallis AAF, OR. (as R5C-1) 04.08.44
 - Moved with VMR-953 to MCAS Ewa, HI. 30.09.1944
 - Operated flights extending into Pacific combat areas including Leyte in December 1944 and Okinawa in May 1945.
 - MAG-35 Service Squadron (Servron-35). 01.1946
 - San Diego, CA. 1 July 1946 Reconditioned in San Diego, CA. 03.1946
 - NAS Norfolk, VA.  25.07.1946
 - VMR-252, based at MCAS Miramar, CA. 08.1946
 - MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
 - Struck off charge as surplus.  31.05.1947
 - Reinstated at MCAS Cherry Point, NC and assigned to VMR-252, based at MCAS El Toro, CA. 30.06.47
 - MAG-11, probably based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC. 07.1947
 - NAS Columbus, OH.  01.1948
N7758B - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA) ca 1956
 - converted to Model CW-20T Super 46C.
 - AAXICO - American Air Export and Import Company 28.11.1956
 - N reg. cancelled as exported to ARGENTINA 05.11.1957 

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LV-PEV, pasavante 28.03.1957

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LV-GEB, Austral Compañía de Transportes Aéreos "Pinguino" 27.02.1958
 - incidentado en Comodoro Rivadavia, 20.03.1958
 - ALA - Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino, 09.03.1960 lsd
 - Austral Compañía de Transportes Aéreo ret. 12.04.1961

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W/O - Accidentado en Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, 17.12.1969. - falla de motor en despegue por falta de combustible debido a la errónea selección de los tanques.
 - reg.cld 08.10.1970

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