I-SILV  Curtiss C-46                                         (c/n  392)

                                   

                                        From 1961 till around 1968 Alitalia operated a couple of C-46s for freight work.  (The other
                                        was I-SILA).   Actually, the aircraft were registered to Società Aerea Mediterranea (SAM)
                                        which was an Alitalia subsidiary, but both aircraft appear to have only worn the livery of the
                                        parent company.   I-SILV had had a lengthy list of owners prior to its being with Alitalia, and           
                                        a convoluted career afterwards, being seized by U.S, Customs in 1970 when registered
                                        N10623.   It later went to Venezuela as YV-305 and was wfu in 1980..     Grainy photo
                                        from Alitalia.