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Commando 44-77392

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77392

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32788

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1324

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to April 1945

  44-77392 - 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.

14 December 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

22 April 1945

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

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 28/09/2020