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Commando 43-47265

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47265

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 336

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK313

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  March 1945 to April 1947

  43-47265 - USAAF (USA)


30 March 1945

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

5 May 1945

Departed the USA for Oahu, HI.

Assigned to the 20th Air Force.

3 June 1945

Received major damage at Iwo Jima Central Field, Japan in a landing accident.

Pilot: Richard A. Phelps

Unknown date

Assigned to Guam, Mariana Islands.

6 April 1947

Condemned for salvage.

4 January 1947

Reclamation completed. [typo in the date]