Commando 44-77298
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77298
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32694
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1230
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
October 1944 to January 1946
44-77298 - USAAF (USA)
21 October 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to the 4th Combat Cargo Group, 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
18 November 1944
Ferried out of Morrison Field, FL toward Sylhet, Bengal, India.
Crew:
1st Lt. Joseph M. Peebles, Pilot
2nd Lt. William M. Thompson, Copilot
Cpl. Jack A. Baker, Crew Chief
Sgt. Kenneth M. Stackhouse, Radio Operator
4 December 1944
Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.
Mid-December 1944
Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
18 December 1944
Received major damage in Sylhet, Bengal, India in a taxi accident.
Crew: Cpl. Jack A. Baker and others (wrongly designated as the pilot)
Late December 1944
Moved to Agartala, Tripura, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
January 1945
Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
June 1945
Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
September 1945
Moved to Ledo, Assam, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
October 1945
Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
November 1945
Moved to RAF Ondal, Bengal, India with the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron.
21 January 1946
Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
Last edited: 18/09/2020