Commando 43-47024
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47024
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 95
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK72
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
October 1944 to April 1946
43-47024 - USAAF (USA)
31 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
Assigned to the Twentieth Air Force, XXI Bomber Command, 313th Bombardment Wing, Very Heavy, 509th Composite Group, 393rd Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy based at Wendover AAF, UT.
9 March 1945
Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.
Probably assigned to the ATC India-China Division.
Unknown date
Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.
April 1946 to unknown date
43-47024 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
15 April 1946
Purchased.
1948
Withdrawn from use.
Last edited: 24/02/2021