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Commando 44-77378

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77378

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32774

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1310

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  November 1944 to January 1947

  44-77378 - USAAF (USA)


6 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.

11 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

Unknown date

Assigned to Japan.

17 May 1947

Condemned for salvage, obsolete.

5 January 1947

Reclamation completed. [dates discrepancy]