Commando 43-47343
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47343
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 414
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK391
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
May 1945 to June 1945
43-47343 - USAAF (USA)
16 May 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Saint Louis, MO.
21 May 1945
Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.
Assigned to ATC India-China Division.
14 June 1945
Damaged beyond repair near Chabua, Assam, India in an accident due to undetermined causes. [location not confirmed, possibly RAF Kalaikunda, West Bengal, India]
Pilot: 2nd Lt. Max E. Lefler (killed)
Condemned, missing.