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Commando 43-46970

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46970

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 41

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK18

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  July 1944 to September 1945

  43-46970 - USAAF (USA)


27 July 1944

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

Assigned to the 3rd Operational Training Unit (3 OTU) based at the 566th AAF Base Unit, Reno AAF, NV.

30 June 1945

Damaged beyond repair at Reno AAF, NV in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Fred R. Morrison

14 July 1945

Surveyed.

4 September 1945

Reclamation completed.

Last edited: 26/11/2020