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Commando 43-47188

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47188

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 259

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK236

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  February 1945 to December 1945

  43-47188 - USAAF (USA)


14 February 1945

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

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO, Squadron D.

28 June 1945

Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a ground accident while parked.

While parked on the ramp at Sedalia AAF, MO, the Commando was hit by sistership 43-47173 taxiing nearby.

  December 1945 to 1946

  43-47188 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


29 December 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  1946 to unknown date

  N3937A - INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS INC. (USA)


1946

Purchased from RFC.

31 May 1956

Registered.

  Unknown dates

  N3937A - SKY VAN AIRWAYS (USA)


Unknown date

Leased from International Airports Inc.

  Unknown dates

  N3937A - INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS INC. (USA)


Unknown date

Returned from lease with Sky Van Airways.

7 July 1970

Registration cancelled.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 31/07/2021