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Commando 43-47069

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47069

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 140

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK117

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  December 1944 to August 1945

  43-47069 - USAAF (USA)


2 December 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

2 January 1945

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1337th AAF Base Unit, Sookerating, Assam, India.

10 August 1945

Destroyed near Lee-Po-Ka, China after the crew bailed out. [location not identified]

Pilot: Edward P. Felton (survived)

11 August 1945

Condemned for salvage, missing.

Last edited: 17/03/2021