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 - 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