Commando 44-77301

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77301

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32697

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1233

FATE: Broken up

  October 1944 to January 1946

  44-77301 - USAAF (USA)

23 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. John P. Stotko, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Jack K. Taylor, Copilot
Sgt. Wilford Biggs, Crew Chief
Sgt. Gene R. Shacklett, Radio Operator

4 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.

27 April 1945

Received major damage in Chittagong, Bengal, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: John P. Stotko (survived, pictured right probably during basic flight training)

June 1945

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

September 1945

Moved to Ledo, Assam, India with the 16^th Combat Cargo Squadron.

October 1945

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

November 1945

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

21 January 1946

Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.