Commando 43-47094
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47094
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 165
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK142
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1944 to June 1945
43-47094 - USAAF (USA)
16 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
Unknown date
Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile) based in Luliang, Yunnan, China.
16 June 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Laohwangping, Guizhou, China in a landing accident (no fatalities).
Pilot: Mitchell Ferguson
The Commando overshot the runway during a night landing.
18 June 1945
Condemned for salvage.
Last edited: 01/04/2021