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Commando 44-77566

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77566

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32962

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1498

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  December 1944 to May 1946

  44-77566 - USAAF (USA)


15 December 1944

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

Assigned to the 8th Air Force.

7 January 1945

Departed the USA for Europe.

Early 1945

Probably assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing.

23 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

Assigned to Patterson Field, OH.

15 November 1945

Reclamation authorized.

2 May 1946

Reclamation completed.

Last edited: 10/03/2024