Commando 43-46997

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

  September 1944 to October 1944

  43-46997 - USAAF (USA)

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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.