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Commando 43-47169

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47169

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 240

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK217

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  January 1945 to April 1946

  43-47169 - 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 ATC India-China Division, 1343rd AAF Base Unit, Luliang, Yunnan, China.

30 August 1945

Damaged in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Joseph L. Lombard

15 November 1945

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

  April 1946 to unknown date

  43-47169 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)


15 April 1946

Purchased.

1947

Withdrawn from use.