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