Commando 43-47210
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47210
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 281
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK258
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
March 1945 to August 1945
43-47210 - USAAF (USA)
2 March 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
9 March 1945
Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.
Assigned to the ATC India-China Division.
11 August 1945
Damaged beyond repair in a takeoff accident 3 km east of Kunming, Yunnan, China (fatalities).
Pilot: 1st Lt. Donald C. Auble (killed)
1 August 1946
Excluded from the inventory.