| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | SE-CFA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-20 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46A Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 30483 |
| Operator Titles: | Tor-Air |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | SouthendMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGMC IATA: SEN Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1966 |
| Photo by: | Mike Cain |
| Photo ID: | 468753 |
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Delivered to USAAF as 42-96821 15th Sept.1944 and to the Indian Government 10th April 1946. Registered N2085A 7th March 1957 and after being civilianised was cancelled 2nd April 1957 on sale to Transair Sweden as SE-CFA. Acquired by Tor-Air 4th June 1965 who used it to operate a weekly freight flight into Southend from Malmö but ceased operations after that flight of 24th August 1966. Later became 9Q-CWN (June 1968) and 9T-PLK (1969). Aircraft was DBR 15th July 1970 after the port engine failed and aircraft ran into a ditch alongside the runway while emergency landing at Mbuji Mayi, Congo. This photo is copyright © Mike Cain, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 15 June 2022, and has since been viewed 671 times. |