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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.