Commando 43-47125

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47125

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 196

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK173

FATE: Written off

  January 1945 to June 1945

  43-47125 - USAAF (USA)

13 January 1945

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

12 February 1945

Assigned to 20^th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2^nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile) based in Luliang, Yunnan, China.

30 June 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Luliang, Yunnan, China in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Lt. Charles Ralph Hogan (survived, later became Kunming Airfield Commander)

During a crosswind takeoff from Luliang, the pilot lost control of the Commando, possibly due to a brake malfunction.

Condemned for salvage.