Commando 43-47158

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47158

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 229

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK206

FATE: Written off

  January 1945 to March 1945

  43-47158 - USAAF (USA)

27 January 1945

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

13 February 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1326^th AAF Base Unit, Lalmonirhat, Bengal, India.

27 March 1945

Went missing over Burma (0/4 fatalities). [MACR 13461]

Pilot: Jimmie Lee Fields Jr. (survived, retired a USAF Lt. Col. after flying in Korea)

The Commando crashed 74 km from Tingkawk Sakan, Burma. All four crewmembers survived and walked for three weeks before finding a village where they got food and medical treatment before returning to their base.