Commando 43-47121
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47121
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 192
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK169
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
January 1945 to April 1946
43-47121 - USAAF (USA)
12 January 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
4 February 1945
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1333rd AAF Base Unit, Chabua, Assam, India.
4 July 1945
Damaged in Chabua, Assam, India in a ground accident while parked.
Unknown date
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
April 1946 to May 1957 May 1957 to June 1957
N8013E - WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMPORT EXPORT COMPANY (USA)
May 1957
Purchased.
19 June 1957
Damaged, presumably beyond repair, in Panagarh, Bengal, India when the hangar it was parked in collapsed over it during a storm.
12 April 1960
Registration cancelled, exported to Brazil.
[the latter information, which comes from the FAA, makes one wonder whether the Commando may eventually have been repaired and exported to Brazil with its sisterships...?]