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Commando 44-77502

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77502

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32898

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1434

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  December 1944 to December 1946

  44-77502 - USAAF (USA)


2 December 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.

16 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

17 December 1946

Condemned for salvage.

24 November 1946

Reclamation completed. [dates discrepancy]

Last edited: 19/01/2024