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Commando 44-77387

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77387

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32783

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1319

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to December 1944

  44-77387 - USAAF (USA)

10 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.

18 December 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

26 December 1944

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

Condemned for salvage, accident.