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Commando 43-47115

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47115

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 186

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK163

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  December 1944 to April 1945

  43-47115 - USAAF (USA)

29 December 1944

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

24 January 1945

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1333rd AAF Base Unit, Chabua, Assam, India.

8 April 1945

Destroyed 32 km east of Ledo, Assam, India after the crew bailed out following an engine failure. [MACR 14266]

Pilot: Wyllys W. Smith

Condemned for salvage, washout.

Last edited: 31/03/2021