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Commando 44-77456

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77456

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32852

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1388

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1944 to December 1949

  44-77456 - USAAF (USA)


27 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.

21 October 1949

Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

21 December 1949

Reclamation completed at Clark Field, Philippines.

Last edited: 13/12/2023