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Commando 44-77321

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77321

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32717

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1253

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1944 to September 1945

  44-77321 - USAAF (USA)

27 October 1944

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

Late October

Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing operating in the Southwest Pacific.

14 December 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

21 September 1945

Damaged beyond repair somewhere in the Southwest Pacific theater.

Condemned for salvage, accident, non-combat.