Commando 44-77296

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77296

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32692

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1228

FATE: Broken up

  October 1944 to February 1946

  44-77296 - USAAF (USA)

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21 October 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to the 4^th Combat Cargo Group, 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

18 November 1944

Ferried out of Morrison Field, FL toward Sylhet, Bengal, India.

Crew:
1^st Lt. Robert D. Harrigan, Pilot
1^st Lt. Robert C. Peller, Copilot
Cpl. Robert H. Staub, Crew Chief
SSgt. Robert C. Owens, Radio Operator

8 December 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Mid-December 1944

Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Late December 1944

Moved to Agartala, Tripura, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

January 1945

Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

June 1945

Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

September 1945

Moved to Ledo, Assam, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

October 1945

Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

November 1945

Moved to RAF Ondal, Bengal, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

7 February 1946

Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.