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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Withdrawn from use.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