Commando 43-46997
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-46997
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 68
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK45
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1944 to October 1944
43-46997 - USAAF (USA)
25 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
15 October 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division. [date is assignment date]
18 October 1944
Damaged beyond repair at Natal Parnamirim, Brazil in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Lt. Frank H. Varner
The Commando crashed on takeoff from Natal as it was being ferried to India.
19 October 1944
Condemned for salvage by Ferrying Command.