Commando 44-77421

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77421

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32817

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1353

FATE: Unknown

  November 1944 to November 1945

  44-77421 - USAAF (USA)

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15 November 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Remained within the continental USA.

  November 1945 to August 1948

  44-77421 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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30 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  August 1948 to May 1960

  C-46288 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

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16 August 1948

Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.

Possibly used in the air bridge between mainland China and Taiwan in 1948-1949.

1949

Evacuated to Taiwan.

  May 1960 to unknown date

  91-1147 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)

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16 May 1960

Purchased.

28 January 1965

Withdrawn from use. [also quoted as 1973]