Commando 43-46984
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46984
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 55
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK32
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1944 to April 1945
43-46984 - USAAF (USA)
2 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
25 September 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
4 October 1944
Received major damage in Yangkai, Yunnan, China in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Herbert E. Southard
24 April 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Chanyi, Yunnan, China in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Andrew J. O'Neal
Condemned for salvage, "washout".
Last edited: 13/12/2020