Aircraft Photo of N9588Z | Curtiss C-46D Commando | AirHistory.net #290491
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N9588Z
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32968
Location
City / Airport:Sharjah - Al Mahatah (closed)Map
Country:United Arab Emirates
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:28 March 1966
Photo by:John Phillips
Photo ID: 290491
Photo Comment

Another Mecom Oil aircraft to regularly visit. Plate on aircraft read :- "C-46D-10-CU Serial 44-77572. Converted 2nd November 1961 by L.B. Smith, Miami, Florida. Overhauled by Grand Central Airport Co. Later to CP-1077. Withdrawn from use in the early 1980s and stored at San Borja, Bolivia. Last noted there in December 1989, fate unclear.

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