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08/31/2006. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This aircraft was delivered to the USAAF as C-46F-1-CU s/n 44-78570 in July 1945. It was leased to Seaboard and Western Airlines of New York, New York, USA, from August 11, 1949 to November 8, 1951 registered N1646M and used to fly contract cargo flights across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1951, it was sold to Canada's Eldorado Aviation Ltd and registered CF-FCI. The aircraft was severely damaged on May 31, 1957 when it belly landed north of Edmonton Airport, Alberta. The damaged aircraft was purchased by Aviation Parts and Equipment Co. of Sun Valley, California, USA, re-registered N7903C, repaired (see picture) and sold to an unknown company or person in Venezuela in 1960. The aircraft was re-registered YV-1037-P. In June 1965 it was sold to the non-scheduled cargo carrier Rutas Aéreas Uncia of Cochamba, Bolivia, and re-registered CP-769. The aircraft was destroyed when it crashed at San Ramon, Bolivia, on June 3, 1967.