Commando 43-47073
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47073
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 144
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK121
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1944 to June 1945
43-47073 - USAAF (USA)
10 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
8 January 1945
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1332nd AAF Base Unit, Mohanbari, Assam, India.
10 June 1945
Destroyed 13 km north of Yunnani, Yunnan, China after the crew bailed out following an engine failure.
Pilot: John D. Evelyn
11 June 1945
Condemned for salvage, crashed.