Commando 43-46986
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46986
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 57
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK34
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
September 1944 to February 1946
43-46986 - USAAF (USA)
3 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
3 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
28 November 1944
Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a taxi accident while being maneuvered by ground crew.
2 February 1945
Received major damage in Chabua, Assam, India in a landing accident.
Pilot: 1st Lt. Thomas P. Kerr
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
10 February 1946
Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
Last edited: 13/12/2020