Ilford-Riverton Airways' first foray into the Curtiss Commando was this 1945 built C-46F which was previously with Zantop as N614Z (still visible under Canadian registration). Acquired in Feb/71 but by Jun/72 it had moved on. Later, in the 1980s, they and their successor Air Manitoba came back to these machines in a big way.

After World War II, the US Air Force stored this C-46 in 1946. Sold to Flying Tiger Line in 1950, the Commando flew passengers and freight for the next 38 years. In 1988, however, the aircraft was seized by US Marshalls for allegedly running guns. It was later turned over to the Smithsonian Institution and placed on permanent loan to the National Warplane Museum. On loan to the Glen H Curtiss Museum since around 2001, it's located at the entrance to the museum in Hammondsport, NY.

Impounded probably for some illegal business. Stickers of the local Sheriff were all over the plane.