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Commando 43-47195

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47195

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 266

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK243

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  February 1945 to April 1946

  43-47195 - USAAF (USA)


19 February 1945

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

8 March 1945

Departed the USA for the Panama Canal Zone.

Assigned to the 20th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Albrook Field, Panama Canal Zone.

30 January 1946

Damaged beyond repair in a belly landing northwest of Charana, Bolivia.

9 April 1946

Condemned for salvage, parts.

Last edited: 30/10/2021