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Commando 44-77442

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77442

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32838

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1374

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  November 1944 to September 1947

  44-77442 - USAAF (USA)


November 1944

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77442 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 516th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 346th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Memphis Municipal, TN.

12 July 1951

Received major damage at Camp MacKall AAF, NC in a landing accident.

Pilot: Robert R. Wilkins

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2343rd Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Portland International, OR.

27 February 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

2 February 1959

Reclamation authorized at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 03/11/2020