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Commando 44-77494

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77494

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32890

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1426

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to September 1945

  44-77494 - USAAF (USA)


30 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.

17 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

19 September 1945

Condemned, accident, non-combat. [undocumented occurence]

Last edited: 06/01/2024