Commando 43-46983
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46983
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 54
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK31
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1944 to February 1945
43-46983 - USAAF (USA)
1 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
5 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, 1337th AAF Base Unit, based at Sookerating, Assam, India.
6 February 1945
Went missing somewhere over the China-Burma-India theatre (4/4 missing).
Crew:
1st Lt. Bernard A. Byers, Pilot
1st Lt. Joseph F. Huba, Copilot
Sgt. William P. Boley, Radio Operator
Pvt. Hugh D. Cummings, unknown role
The Commando was operating a cargo flight between Kunming, Yunnan, China and Sookerating, Assam, India with four crewmembers onboard. After airborne, they were contacted once by radio and were subsequently not seen nor heard from again. The entire crew was lost.
8 February 1945
Condemned for salvage, missing.