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Commando 43-47305

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47305

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 376

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK353

SAINT LOUIS PLANT LINE NUMBER: 2919

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  April 1945 to August 1946

  43-47305 - USAAF (USA)

17 April 1945

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Saint Louis, MO.

23 April 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to Air Transport Command, India-China Division, 1339th AAF Base Unit, Chengkung, Yunnan, China.

25 June 1945

Damaged in Chengkung, Yunnan, China in a ground accident while parked.

The Commando was hit on the ramp by sistership 43-47107 which was taxiing by.

31 December 1945

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

1 August 1946

Excluded from the inventory.