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Commando 43-47135

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47135

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 206

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK183

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  January 1945 to March 1945

  43-47135 - USAAF (USA)


17 January 1945

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

12 February 1945

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

15 March 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a landing accident (fatalities).

Pilot: 2nd Lt. Richard M. Hurrell (killed, pictured right)

16 March 1945

Condemned for salvage, washout.

Last edited: 06/04/2021