Commando 43-47086
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47086
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 157
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK134
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1944 to March 1945
43-47086 - USAAF (USA)
15 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
20 January 1945
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
9 March 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Mangshi, Yunnan, China in a takeoff accident (fatalities). [nowadays Dehong Mangshi]
Pilot: 1st Lt. Lyle C. Ethell (killed)
Condemned for salvage.