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Commando 43-47392

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 43-47392

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 462

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CK440

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  June 1945 to August 1945

  43-47392 - USAAF (USA)


28 June 1945

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

24 July 1945

Departed the USA for Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to ATC India-China Division.

20 August 1945

Damaged beyond repair at RAF Bamrauli, Uttar Pradesh, India in a belly landing following engine problems.

Pilot: Godfrey A. Rachford (survived)

Condemned, written off.