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Commando 43-47335

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47335

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 406

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK383

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  May 1945 to July 1945

  43-47335 - USAAF (USA)


7 May 1945

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

16 May 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

26 July 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Kunming, Yunnan, China in a landing accident.

Pilot: Laurent A. Clody (survived, and went on to fight in the Korean & Vietnam wars)

27 July 1945

Washout.