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Commando 44-77357

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77357

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32753

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1289

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to March 1945

  44-77357 - USAAF (USA)


8 November 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.

13 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

29 March 1945

Damaged beyond repair over the Southwest Pacific theatre in unknown circumstances.

Condemned for salvage.