Commando 44-77423

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77423

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32819

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1355

FATE: Unknown

  November 1944 to January 1946

  44-77423 - 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.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 807^th AAF Base Unit, Bergstrom AAF, TX with I Troop Carrier Command.

4 February 1945

Received major damage at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a landing accident.

Pilot: Dean O. Davis (survived, retired a USAF Major after serving in Korea and Vietnam)

  January 1946 to August 1948

  44-77423 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

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28 January 1946

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

  August 1948 to unknown date

  C-46295 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

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18 August 1948

Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.

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

Fate unknown.