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Commando 44-77334

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77334

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32730

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1266

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  October 1944 to March 1949

  44-77334 - USAAF (USA)

30 October 1944

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

Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing, 433rd Troop Carrier Group, 68th Troop Carrier Squadron operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

11 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

21 April 1947

Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

14 March 1949

Reclamation completed at Clark Field, Philippines.

 

Right: 1st Lt. Bernie Sippel and two 68th Troop Carrier Squadron colleagues leaning on 44-77334's tail fin,  probably in Okinawa or Ie Shima in late 1944 or 1945. Bernie later walked away from a dramatic landing accident in Ie Shima, in which his Commando ended up destroyed by fire.
Photo credit: Tom A. Sippel

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Last edited: 30/07/2021