Commando 43-47222
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47222
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 293
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK270
FATE: Preserved
Operational Record
March 1945 to April 1946
43-47222 - USAAF (USA)
3 March 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
10 March 1945
Departed the USA for Casablanca, French Morocco.
Unknown date
Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.
April 1946 to December 1959
43-47222 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
15 April 1946
Purchased.
ca 1949
Evacuated to Taiwan.
December 1959 to present
91-1143 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)
22 December 1959
Purchased.
6 November 1962
Delivered to Japan.
Converted to C-46D.
1973
Converted to EC-46D and assigned to the Air Defense Command, Electronic Counter Measures Squadron based at Iruma AB, Japan.
Used for electronic warfare training.
11 March 1978
Withdrawn from use.
Displayed outdoors at Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park, Japan.
Right: 91-1143 landing at Iruma AB, Japan in the morning of 14 August 1974.
Photo credit: flyteam.jp
Below, left: 91-1143 on the apron of Iruma AB, Japan on 6 December 1974.
Photo credit: Bob Thomas / AirHistory.net
Below, right: the same landing at Atsugi AB, Japan on 15 March 1976.
Photo credit: flyteam.jp
Bottom: two shots of 91-1143 at its final resting place, Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park, Japan.
Photo credit: flyteam.jp & Gerben Groothuis respectively
Last edited: 21/01/2024