Commando 43-47354
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47354
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 425
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK402
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
May 1945 to June 1945
43-47354 - USAAF (USA)
25 May 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Saint Louis, MO.
June 1945 to 1947
43-47354 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
13 June 1945
Departed the USA for China via Karachi, Sindh, India.
Transferred as part of Lend-Lease agreement.
1947 to December 1949
XT-??? - CNAC (CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION CORPORATION) (CHINA)
1947
Transferred to CNAC.
Mid-1949
Ferried to Hong Kong after the Nationalist defeat in mainland China.
13 November 1949
Registration certificate suspended by the Nationalist government.
16 November 1949
Impounded by British Authorities under threat from the Communist Chinese government.
December 1949
XT-??? - CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT & WHITING WILLAUER (USA)
12 December 1949
Purchased by Claire Chennault & Whiting Willauer, managers of CAT – while still grounded at Hong Kong Kai Tak. This was part of an attempt supported by the US State Department to regain ownership of several CNAC & CATC aircraft.
December 1949 to July 1955
N8373C - CAT (CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT) (TAIWAN)
19 December 1949
Transferred to CAT.
27 January 1953
Registration cancelled.
July 1955 to March 1956
N1379N - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)
5 July 1955
Purchased.
14 October 1955
Registered.
5 March 1956
Registration cancelled, exported to Cuba.
March 1956 to unknown date
CU-??? - UNKNOWN OPERATOR (CUBA)
March 1956
Purchased by an unknown Cuban operator.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 19/08/2023