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Commando 44-77393

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77393

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32789

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1325

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1944 to September 1947

  44-77392 - USAAF (USA)


9 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.

16 December 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

  September 1947 to July 1949

  44-77393 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

1 January 1948

Assigned to Tachikawa AB, Japan.

23 October 1948

Assigned to 6146th AF Station Group based at Kimpo AB, South Korea.

24 February 1949

Assigned to Naha AB, Okinawa, Japan.

30 June 1949

Survey authorized.

29 July 1949

Reclamation completed.