"N611Z Curtiss C-46A Commando American Flyers Inc FLL 07DEC82
<p>Taken at Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
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Delivered to the USAAF United States Army Air Force in May-45 serialled 43-47350, the aircraft was transferred to the Chinese Nationalist Government in late 1945. In Nov-49 it was sold to 'Claire L Chennault &amp; Whiting Willauer' as N8364C and sold on to Civil Air Transport the following month. In Jan-53 it was transferred to CAT SA and re-registered N8361C. It was sold to the L B Smith Aircraft Corporation in Jul-55 and re-registered N1382N. In Oct-55 it was sold to Zantop Air Transport and was re-registered N611Z in Apr-60. Zantop were renamed Universal Airlines in Sep-66. it was sold in May-68 and went through a procession of private owners for the next 8 years until it was sold to American Flyers Inc in Oct-76. It was sold to the Florida Aircraft Leasing Corporation in Oct-85 and was retired at Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, in Mar-86 and was sold to the Pensacola Naval Air Station Museum in 1989 and put on display. It was seen still at Pensacola in Sep-15."
Ken Fielding
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