Commando 43-47166
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47166
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 237
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK214
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
January 1945 to June 1945
43-47166 - USAAF (USA)
31 January 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
14 February 1945
Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.
Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile) based in Luliang, Yunnan, China.
15 June 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Chihkiang, Hunan, China [today Huaihua Zhijiang Airport] in a landing accident.
Pilot: Thomas H. Tyson
The Commando undershot the runway on landing.
18 June 1945
Condemned for salvage, washout.