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Commando 43-46994

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46994

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 65

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK42

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  September 1944 to April 1946

  43-46994 - USAAF (USA)

21 September 1944

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

17 October 1944

Assigned to ATC North African Division.

23 October 1944

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

Marked "K".

Unknown date

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

 

Right: 43-46994 in ATC colors loading up at some Indian airfield, probably late in the war.
Photo credit: unknown / www.worldwarphotos.info

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  April 1946 to unknown date

  43-46994 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

15 April 1946

Purchased.

1948

Withdrawn from use.

Last edited: 24/02/2021