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Commando 44-77440

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77440

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32836

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1372

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  November 1944 to March 1946

  44-77440 - USAAF (USA)


21 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.

  March 1946 to unknown date

  44-77440 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


12 March 1946

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

  Unknown dates

  N50003 - AIRCAR (AIR CARRIER SERVICE CORPORATION) (USA)


Unknown date

Purchased from RFC.

  Unknown date to September 1951

  N50003 - NEW YORK CAR WHEEL COMPANY (USA)


Unknown date

Purchased.

23 May 1951

Certificate of Airworthiness issued.

8 June 1951

Registration cancelled.

  September 1951 to unknown date

  YV-C-AML - LAV (LINEA AEROPOSTAL VENEZOLANA) (VENEZUELA)


14 September 1951

Registered.

20 November 1966

Converted to cargo configuration.

1973

Withdrawn from use.

Fate unknown.