SE-CFF, Curtiss Super 46C Commando

[Sven-Erik Jönsson]

SE-CFF
Typ: Curtiss Super 46C Commando
c/n: 53
Tillverkad år 1943

Fd 43-46982 (USAAF C-46A-5-CK, CW-20B), N4215A, (HB-AAF) ej anv.
Registrerad 1959-06-18 Transair Sweden AB, Bromma (lev 1959-06-02/05 Miami-BMA)
1960-03-31 Transair Sweden AB, Malmö
1961-10-05 Utlånat till FN/Congo, anl. Leopoldville 1961-10-09, vit
1961-12-02 Skadat i Angola, reparerat på plats
1963-10-14 Uthyrt till Congos regering, Transair Congo-målning
Haveri 1964-01-13 Thysville Airport, Congo, skadat i misslyckad start
Avregistrerad 1965-05-31 Totalhaveri

SE-CFF på Bulltofta

Foto ur Nils Arne Nilssons donerade samling

[Paul R Compton]

SE-CFF enligt min DB. Obs! korrekta reg datum.

SE-CFF
Curtiss Super 46C Commando
C/n 53
YoM 1943
Ex 43-46982 (USAAF C-46A-5-CK>CW-20B)>N4215A (Curtiss Super 46C)>(HB-AAE)>N4215A (Cnx 19590605)
19590521 Res Transair Sweden AB, Stockholm (without c/n)
195905xx BofS L B Smith Aircraft Corp., Miami, FL/Transair AB, Stockholm
19590527 Ir CofR #6/59 Transair Sweden AB, Stockholm (TAT 5049)
19590601 US Export CofA E-37354 to Sweden
19590617 CofA #1409/104
19590617 Reg CofR #1292 Transair Sweden AB, Bromma
19591215 Temp PtF1218-12xx ferry Stockholm-Malmö for inspection
19600331 Transair Sweden AB, Malmö (address change)
19600820 Incident, Marseilles Airport. emergency landing routing, Barcelona-Basle LH engine probs and backfire, engine and prop replaced
19610714 Temp PtF ferry Malmö-København for CofA inspection
19610914 Accident Bromma Airport, LH gear collapse and subsequent propstrike on r/o , damage to LH wing, flaps and prop
19610921 LfS permit to perform structural repair at Venezia/Lido
19611005 Leased until 19630228 to UN for ops in Congo
19611202 Incident. Kasai province, Congo/Angola, due to fuel starvation, no damage sustained
19631014 Leased to Congolese Governmental Authority (Transair Congo c/s)
19640113 Accident, Thysville Airport, Congo, r/w excursion after aborted t/o (TAT 11277)
19640331 CofA expired
19650531 Cnx as Destroyed

Source credits: Riksarkivet, LFV & Air Britain C-46 Commando monograph, John Davis (1978)

[Rolf Larsson]

SE-CFF på Bromma 61-08-14, foto Tommy Gjerling