Commando 43-47225
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47225
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 296
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK273
FATE: Preserved
Operational Record
March 1945 to April 1946
43-47225 - USAAF (USA)
5 March 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
11 March 1945
Departed the USA for Casablanca, French Morocco.
Assigned to ATC North African Division, 1252nd AAF Base Unit, Casablanca Anfa, French Morocco.
15 April 1945
Damaged at Mellaha AB, Libya in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Orvin O. Holte (survived, pictured)
Unknown date
Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.
April 1946 to December 1959
43-47225 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
15 April 1946
Purchased.
ca 1949
Evacuated to Taiwan.
December 1959 to unknown date
91-1144 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)
23 December 1959
Purchased and delivered to Japan.
Converted to C-46D.
21 January 1963
Withdrawn from use.
Used as a ground instructional airframe at Hamamatsu AB, Japan.
Unknown date to present
91-1144 - HIJIRI MUSEUM (JAPAN)
Unknown date
Tailfin and nose section transferred and displayed outdoors in Omi, Japan.
Below, left: 91-1144's tailfin left outdoor at the Hijiri Museum, 15 August 1995.
Photo credit: flyteam.jp
Below, right: 91-1144's nose section, displayed outside as well, seen on 30 April 2012.
Photo credit: airportworld.sakura.ne.jp
Last edited: 18/05/2022