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Commando 43-47164

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47164

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 235

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK212

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  February 1945 to April 1946

  43-47164 - USAAF (USA)

1 February 1945

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

16 February 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1333rd AAF Base Unit, Chabua, Assam, India.

15 September 1945

Damaged in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a ground accident while parked.

The Commando was hit by sistership 43-47087 taxiing nearby.

Unknown date

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

  April 1946 to unknown date

  43-47164 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

15 April 1946

Purchased.

1947

Withdrawn from use.