Commando 43-47184
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47184
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 255
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK232
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
February 1945 to April 1945
43-47184 - USAAF (USA)
10 February 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.
Remained within the continental USA.
Unknown date
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO.
22 March 1945
Damaged beyond repair 8 km north of Slater, MO (2/2 fatalities).
Crew:
Maj. Thomas L. White
Cpt. Roger J. Bernard
The Commando was operating a training flight from Sedalia AAF, MO with two pilots onboard. They lost control for unknown reasons and the aircraft crashed and burnt in a field. Both crewmembers were killed and the airplane was destroyed.
30 March 1945
Condemned for salvage at Sedalia AAF, MO.
4 April 1945
Reclamation completed at Sedalia AAF, MO.