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Commando 44-77417

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77417

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32813

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1349

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1944 to January 1947

  44-77417 - USAAF (USA)


16 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.

11 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

21 April 1947

Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

4 January 1947

Reclamation completed at Clark Field, Philippines. [dates discrepancy]