Commando 43-47209

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47209

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 280

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK257

FATE: Unknown

  February 1945 to April 1946

  43-47209 - USAAF (USA)

26 February 1945

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

3 March 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Probably assigned to ATC India-China Division.

18 November 1945

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

  April 1946 to December 1959

  43-47209 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

15 April 1946

Purchased.

1949

Evacuated to Taiwan.

  December 1959 to March 1974

  91-1142 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)

23 December 1959

Purchased and delivered to Japan. [date erroneously quoted as 16 January 1955 by JB]

Assigned to Air Transport Wing, 401^st Tactical Airlift Squadron based at Miho AB, Japan.

25 March 1974

Disposal. Fate unclear, possibly returned to US Department of Defense.

Right: 91-1142 landing in Itami, Japan on 24 October 1966.
Photo credit: geta-o.jp

Below, left: 91-1142 at Tokyo Nagoya, Japan on 24 November 1972.
Photo credit: flyteam.jp

Below, right: the same in Ashiya, Japan in March 1973.
Photo credit: nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com