Commando 44-77307
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77307
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32703
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1239
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
October 1944 to April 1946
44-77307 - USAAF (USA)
25 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 4th Combat Cargo Group, 15th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.
November 1944
Ferried from Morrison Field, FL to Sylhet, Bengal, India.
Crew:
Charles G. Nall, Pilot
Poulsen, Copilot
Stites, Crew Chief
Eldridge, Radio Operator
1 December 1944
Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.
Early December 1944
Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 15th Combat Cargo Squadron.
Transported reinforcements and supplies for Allied forces in Burma.
December 1944
Transported material and equipment for the Ledo Road.
12 December 1944
Damaged beyond repair in Imphal, Manipur, India in a landing accident.
Pilot: Charles G. Nall
16 December 1944
Surveyed, condemned for salvage.