Commando 43-47165
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47165
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 236
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK213
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
January 1945 to April 1945
43-47165 - USAAF (USA)
31 January 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, 1332nd AAF Base Unit, Mohanbari, Assam, India.
3 April 1945
Destroyed 24 km southeast of Chabua, Assam, India after the crew bailed out following an engine failure (0/2 fatalities).
Pilot: Joe F. Walters
Condemned for salvage, washout.