Commando 44-77299

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77299

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32695

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1231

FATE: Written off

  October 1944 to September 1945

  44-77299 - USAAF (USA)

25 October 1944

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

Assigned to the 4^th Combat Cargo Group, 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

18 November 1944

Ferried out of Morrison Field, FL toward Sylhet, Bengal, India.

Crew:
1^st Lt. Harold E. Watson, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Milton M. Watkins Jr., Copilot
Sgt. Earl N. Pierce Jr., Crew Chief
Sgt. Sherwood A. Snow, Radio Operator

8 December 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Mid-December 1944

Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Late December 1944

Moved to Agartala, Tripura, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

January 1945

Moved to Chittagong, Bengal, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

June 1945

Moved to Namponmao, Burma with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

2 September 1945

Damaged beyond repair in Namponmao, Burma in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Clayton M. Doherty (survived)

4 September 1945

Condemned for salvage, obsolete.

[Uncertainty exists as to whether this Commando was tranferred to another 4^th CCG squadron at some point in time: AAIR claims 44-77299 belonged to the 13^th CCS at the time of its accident, while COMCAR asserts Clayton M. Doherty was a pilot for the 15^th CCS...]