Commando 43-47001
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47001
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 72
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK49
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
September 1944 to April 1946
43-47001 - USAAF (USA)
30 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
13 November 1944
Assigned to ATC North African Division.
10 December 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
1 February 1945
Received minor damage at RAF Barrackpore, Bengal, India in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Richard L. Meehan
Unknown date
Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.
April 1946 to unknown date
43-47001 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
15 April 1946
Purchased.
1948
Withdrawn from use.
Last edited: 24/02/2021