Commando 43-47200
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47200
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 271
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK248
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
February 1945 to June 1945
43-47200 - USAAF (USA)
19 February 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
26 February 1945
Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
18 June 1945
Damaged beyond repair in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a landing accident due to an engine failure.
Pilot: Glen B. Knaup
[also noted as condemned for salvage on 23 July 1946 in Cairo, Egypt]