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Commando 43-47185

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47185

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 256

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK233

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  February 1945 to September 1947

  43-47185 - USAAF (USA)


February 1945

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

  September 1947 to August 1960

  43-47185 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Modified by Curtiss-Wright for USAF.

Converted to TC-46A.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2466th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Atterbury AFB, IN.

28 January 1950

Received major damaged at Olmsted AFB, PA in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Melvin P. Weyrich

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2577th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Brooks AFB, TX.

12 April 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

3 August 1960

Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 30/07/2021