Taken just a few months after it's arrival to AMARC/MASDC

Built as 42-68825. To TWA as NC44998 in September 1945 and later N44998, operated by Northeast Airlines, Lake Central Airlines, Houston Aviation Products Corporation, Jefferson State Airlines and O'Hare International Airline before being impounded in Colombia in 1979. Operating with SELVA by 1980 and Transoriente by November 1992. Sadly crashed when both engines lost power on take off from Villavicencio 28 May 1994 killing all 29 on board.

Ex USAAF 44-78715. To N1671M in 1948, N67985 in 1950, B-920 in 1963 and back to N67985 in 1964. To the Colombian Air Force as FAC 931 in 1982 then to Dainco as HK-3079-X in 1984. To Trans Oriente as HK-3079 in March 1994 and then Programa Coinco as HK-3079G in July 1994. Crashed into a hillside near Villavicencio after a flight from Mitu in May 1995.

Registered in March 1956. Bob Kerr photo

Crashed in bad weather en-route Villavicencio to Mitu on 11th July 2016 whilst operating with Transporte Aéreo del Ariari. All five occupants died in the accident.

Delivered to the USAAF as 41-18376 in 1942. Sold onto the civil register as N22421 in 1945 and exported to Avianca in Colombia in 1947 as C-122. Re-registered HK-122 in 1955 and later flew with El Venado and Aeronorte before joining Selva in 1980. Sold to Lineas Aereas El Dorado in 1995, with Aliansa by 1999 and finally Sadelca. Sold by them in 2011 and registered HK-122G, having survived 56 years operating in Colombia, she is believed to have been destroyed in Honduras in July 2011 at the end of a drug running flight.

Involved in an accident on 25th June 1981, the fuselage was stored at Villavicencio until the late 1990s

Ex PT-SEX, delivered to AIRES in December 1981. Withdrawn from use at Bogota in 2001 and later scrapped.

Delivered new to the Colombian Government as HK-189-X in 1955 and flown by several operators as HK-189 between 1959 and 1997 by which time the fuselage was stored at Villavicencio as HK-189-P. Registered in Canada as C-GGBF in December 2002 to Sealand Aviation and rebuilt as a testbed for the Trace Orenda powerplant. Re-registered in 2012 as N600AX to Trace Engines of Midland Texas and first flown there with the new powerplant in May 2012.

Ex N9841F, bought by SELVA in 1984 from Southern Air Transport. SELVA acquired An-32s in 1994 and the C-46 was withdrawn and stored at Bogota for many years, eventually being broken up in 2019.

Built as 42-92071. Sold to KLM, allocated PJ-ALZ but not taken up and registered as PH-TCM in May 1946. Became PJ-ALP in 1947 and sold to ARCA Colombia in April 1954. With Aliansa by 1992 and crashed 18th March 1999 on a flight from Cucuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC) to El Yopal Airport (EYP/SKYP) killing all 8 passengers and crew.

Built as 42-92066 for the USAAF. To the Ecuadorean Air Force as FAE92066/HC-AVC and operated by military airline TAME 1971-1974. Preserved at Guayaquil May 1982 to September 1985 and sold to Apel Express in Colombia in 1987 as HK-3349X. Operated by several companies in Colombia including SAEP, TAGUA, Alicol, Sadelca and finally Viarco. Withdrawn from use at Villavicencio for many years, in 2018 the aircraft was transported to Tiuma Theme Park 15k to the southwest of Villavicencio and placed on top of a tall steel tower. Zip line rides are available for 45.000 pesos (£8.50)!

Crashed en-route from San José del Guaviare to Villavicencio 17th March 2000

Built in 1988. Ex N1558P, N2769B and HK-3440X. Returned to the US with various owners as N734GA and N36GS between 1996 and 2015. Current with Skyline Aviation in New Zealand as ZK-MFT at time of upload

Ex 42-68832 and NC19453 with United Airlines from December 1945 until June 1956. Flew as N30W, N78W and N130W with several corporate owners until sold in Colombia while at Barranquilla in 1975. Flown by LANSA and Calamar as HK-3462X and later as HK-3462 by TCA, Aliansa and Transportes Aereos del Ariari. Crashed and destroyed after take off from Miraflores on June 2005 while on a military charter carrying troops to San Jose del Guaviare and Villavicencio.

Ex 44-78645 and N1913M with Riddle Airlines and Zantop before export to Colombia in March 1966, joining Aerocondor as HK-400. It stayed in Colombia operating with Taxi Aero Opita, Aerolineas Medellin, SADELCA and Intercontinental before joining Aerosol in 1987. Crashed at La Colonia during an emergency landing en-route Mitú to Villavicencio in August 1993.