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Commando 44-77587

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77587

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32983

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1519

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  December 1944 to December 1945

  44-77587 - USAAF (USA)


18 December 1944

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

Assigned to Air Transport Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO.

Used for combat crew training, remained within the continental USA.

13 January 1945

Received major damage at Grandview Municipal, MO in a landing accident.

Pilot: Francis M. Gardner

  December 1945 to March 1948

  44-77587 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


18 December 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  March 1948 to February 1949

  44-77587 - USAF (USA)


9 March 1948

Returned to USAF service.

5 May 1948

Assigned to Langley AFB, VA.

21 February 1949

Converted to EC-46D (exempt category).

6 April 1949

Reclamation authorized.

24 February 1949

Reclamation completed. [dates discrepancy]

Last edited: 16/03/2024