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Commando 44-77402

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77402

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32798

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1334

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to February 1945

  44-77402 - 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.

22 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

5 February 1945

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

Condemned for salvage, accident.