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Commando 43-46956

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-1-CK Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46956

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 27

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK4

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  May 1944 to November 1945

  43-46956 - USAAF (USA)


23 May 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

22 May 1944

Assigned to ATC Caribbean Division.

7 November 1945

Returned to the continental USA at Morrison Field, FL.

  November 1945 to May 1948

  43-46956 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


7 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  May 1948 to January 1949

  43-46956 - USAF (USA)


21 May 1948

Returned to USAF service.

Unknown date

Converted to XC-46A and used for development tests.

1 July 1948

Assigned to the Warner Robins Air Materiel Area based at Robins AFB, GA under the obsolete type designation ZC-46A

12 July 1948

Reclamation authorized at Robins AFB, GA.

14 January 1949

Reclamation completed at Robins AFB, GA.

Last edited: 23/11/2020