Commando 43-47354

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

  May 1945 to June 1945

  43-47354 - USAAF (USA)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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19 December 1949

Transferred to CAT.

27 January 1953

Registration cancelled.

  July 1955 to March 1956

  N1379N - L. B. SMITH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)

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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)

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March 1956

Purchased by an unknown Cuban operator.

Fate unknown.