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Commando 43-46959

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46959

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK7

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  June 1944 to September 1947

  43-46959 - USAAF (USA)


June 1944

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  43-46959 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Unknown date

Converted to TC-46A.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 437th Troop Carrier Group, 84th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Shaw AFB, SC.

28 September 1950

Received minor damage at Shaw AFB, SC in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Albert Chafetz

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2578th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Ellington AFB, TX.

8 March 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

2 February 1959

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 26/11/2020