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Commando 44-77406

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77406

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32802

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1338

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to May 1945

  44-77406 - USAAF (USA)

13 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.

23 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

10 May 1945

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

Condemned for salvage, accident, non-combat.

[According to ASN, this Commando crashed in England after colliding with a Spitfire, but this must be a mixup with another airframe]