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Commando 43-47330

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47330

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 401

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK378

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

   May 1945 to April 1946

   43-47330 - USAAF (USA)

3 May 1945

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

9 May 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

18 November 1945

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

  April 1946 to December 1960

  43-47330 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

15 April 1946

Purchased.

Unknown date

Evacuated to Taiwan.

  December 1960 to unknown date

  91-1146 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)

December 1960

Purchased.

Delivered.

Converted to C-46D.

Assigned to the Flight Check Squadron based at Kisarazu AB, Japan. Used for navaid calibration duties.

31 May 1968

Moved to Iruma AB, Japan with the Flight Check Squadron.

July 1970

Withdrawn from use.

Fate unknown.

 

Below: two shots of 91-1146 at Iruma AB, Japan, December 1972 on the left and May 1975 on the right.
Photo credit: nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com

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Last edited: 21/01/2024