The Curtiss Commando Page
The Curtiss Commando Page
  1. Home
  2. Aircraft
  3. S/N 44-77295 to 44-77443: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
  4. Commando 44-77342

Commando 44-77342

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77342

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32738

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1274

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  October 1944 to September 1947

  44-77342 - USAAF (USA)

31 October 1944

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

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

4 December 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

  September 1947 to October 1950

  44-77342 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

1 January 1948

Assigned to Matsushima, Japan.

1 July 1948

Assigned to the JAMA (Japan Air Materiel Area) based at Tachikawa AB, Japan.

19 April 1950

Reclamation authorized at Tachikawa AB, Japan.

3 October 1950

Reclamation completed at Tachikawa AB, Japan.