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