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Commando 44-77528

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77528

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32924

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1460

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  December 1944 to March 1946

  44-77528 - USAAF (USA)


6 December 1944

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

Assigned to the 8th Air Force.

14 January 1945

Departed the USA for Europe.

February 1945

Assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313th Troop Carrier Group, 49th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grevillers-Achiet (B-54), France.

24 March 1945

Damaged over Germany during Operation Varsity.

25 January 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

  March 1946 to unknown date

  44-77528 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


12 March 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

Fate unknown. [definitely not PP-NMD]

Last edited: 27/01/2024