Commando 43-47161

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47161

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 232

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK209

FATE: Written off

  January 1945 to May 1945

  43-47161 - 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, 1332^nd AAF Base Unit, Mohanbari, Assam, India.

7 May 1945

Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre. [MACR 14401]

Pilot: Loys E. Vest (survived)

The Commando crashed 32 km from Shingbwiyang, Burma following an engine failure.

8 May 1945

Condemned for salvage, missing.