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Commando 43-47219

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47219

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 290

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK267

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1945 to June 1945

  43-47219 - USAAF (USA)


3 March 1945

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

9 March 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Probably assigned to ATC India-China Division.

June 1945

Damaged beyond repair in unknown circumstances.

8 February 1945

Condemned for salvage. [this is inconsistent as it predates delivery - could possibly be 8 June 1945, or 2 August 1945]