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Thanks!
Posted by Mike Henniger on Mon Nov 04, 2002 10:51:20 AM
In reply top Mystery C-46F posted by Mike Henniger on Mon Nov 04, 2002 09:37:58 AM
So it is indeed c/r N800FA c/n 22595! Thanks for the insight.
For anyone that is interested, here is what I have on this airframe...
Model: Curtiss-Wright C-46F-1-CU Commando
S/N: 44-78772 USAAF
C/N: 22595
Owner: Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
History: C-46F-1-CU 44-78772 USAAF TOS (1943/9/26), storage (1946/2/12 to 1946/4), SOS (1950/1/10), N67996 (1951/4/26), N614Z (1960), CF-ZQX, N800FA, involved in an accident (1975/5/17), repaired, seized by US marshals for alleged gun smuggling (1988), to Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, loaned National Warplane Museum, loaned Curtiss Museum (circa 2001)
Notes: When photographed this C-46 was on loan to the National Warplane Museum.
Regards,
Mike