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Commando 43-46985

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46985

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 56

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK33

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  September 1944 to April 1945

  43-46985 - USAAF (USA)


6 September 1944

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

4 October 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

30 November 1944

Received major damage at Missamari, Assam, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Sooner Greenspan

18 February 1945

Received major damage at Paoshan, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Robert W. Fead

10 April 1945

Damaged beyond repair in unknown circumstances.

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 13/12/2020