Commando 43-47146
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47146
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 217
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK194
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
January 1945 to April 1945
43-47146 - USAAF (USA)
25 January 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
3 February 1945
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1333rd AAF Base Unit, Chabua, Assam, India.
5 April 1945
Went missing approximately 75 km west of Shingbwiyang, Burma (3/3 missing). [MACR 13770]
Crew:
2nd Lt. Willard C. Perry
2nd Lt. Garrett E. Peterson
Cpl. William D. Robertson
Condemned for salvage, missing in flight.
6 April 1946
All three crewmembers considered dead after going missing for over a year.