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Commando 43-47338

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47338

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 409

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK386

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

   May 1945 to April 1946

   43-47338 - USAAF (USA)

11 May 1945

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

23 May 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to ATC India-China Division, 1343rd AAF Base Unit, Luliang, Yunnan, China.

31 July 1945

Damaged in Liangshan, Sichuan, China in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Lawrence J. Bell

15 March 1946

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

  April 1946 to unknown date

  43-47338 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

15 April 1946

Purchased.

1948

Withdrawn from use.

Last edited: 31/10/2022