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Commando 43-47324

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47324

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 395

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK372

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  April 1945 to August 1946

  43-47324 - USAAF (USA)


30 April 1945

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

7 May 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1339th AAF Base Unit, Chengkung, Yunnan, China.

23 September 1945

Damaged in Luhsien, Sichuan, China in a ground accident while parked.

While parked on the ramp at Luhsien, the Commando was hit by taxiing C-54G 45-0567. Both aircraft were damaged.

15 November 1945

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

1 August 1946

Excluded from the inventory.

Last edited: 31/10/2022