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Commando 43-47215

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47215

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 286

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK263

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  February 1945 to April 1945

  43-47215 - USAAF (USA)

28 February 1945

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

6 March 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

9 April 1945

Damaged beyond repair while parked at an unknown airfield in the China-Burma-India theatre (no fatalities).

The Commando was parked at an unknown airfield, when it was hit by landing P-38J 43-28561. There were no fatalities but both aircraft were damaged beyond repair.