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Commando 44-77465

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77465

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32861

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1397

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1944 to January 1949

  44-77465 - USAAF (USA)


28 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.

20 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Japan.

1 August 1947

Condemned for salvage.

2 January 1949

Reclamation completed, probably in Japan. [date noted as 2 January 1947, discrepancy]

Last edited: 15/12/2023