Commando 43-47072
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47072
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 143
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK120
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1944 to May 1945
43-47072 - USAAF (USA)
2 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
6 January 1945
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
11 May 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Chabua, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.
Pilot: Kenneth Durham
12 May 1945
Condemned for salvage.