Commando 44-77519

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77519

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32915

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1451

FATE: Written off

  December 1944 to April 1945

  44-77519 - USAAF (USA)

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6 December 1944

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

Assigned to the 8^th Air Force.

19 January 1945

Departed the USA for Europe.

February 1945

Assigned to the 9^th Air Force, 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313^th Troop Carrier Group, 47^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at RAF Folkingham, England.

Marked "N3-K".

24 March 1945

Crash landed due to battle damage during Operation Varsity.

1 April 1945

Condemned, non-battle damage. [so which one was it?]

 

Below: 44-77519, probably at RAF Folkingham in early 1945. Note the mud-stained aft fuselage underside!
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