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Commando 44-77307

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77307

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32703

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1239

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1944 to April 1946

  44-77307 - USAAF (USA)


25 October 1944

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

Assigned to the 4th Combat Cargo Group, 15th Combat Cargo Squadron based at Bowman Field, KY.

November 1944

Ferried from Morrison Field, FL to Sylhet, Bengal, India.

Crew:
Charles G. Nall, Pilot
Poulsen, Copilot
Stites, Crew Chief
Eldridge, Radio Operator

1 December 1944

Ferried through Karachi, Sindh, India.

Early December 1944

Arrived in Sylhet, Bengal, India with the 15th Combat Cargo Squadron.

Transported reinforcements and supplies for Allied forces in Burma.

December 1944

Transported material and equipment for the Ledo Road.

12 December 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Imphal, Manipur, India in a landing accident.

Pilot: Charles G. Nall

16 December 1944

Surveyed, condemned for salvage.