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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