Commando 43-47153
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47153
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 224
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK201
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
January 1945 to March 1945
43-47153 - USAAF (USA)
26 January 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
11 February 1945
Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1332nd AAF Base Unit, Mohanbari, Assam, India.
17 March 1945
Went missing over China. [MACR 13081]
Pilot: Charles W. Ripley (survived)
The Commando suffered an engine failure over China. The crew bailed out, and the aircraft crashed 20 km east of Yunnanyi, Yunnan, China.
24 March 1945
Condemned for salvage.