Commando 44-77311

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77311

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32707

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1243

FATE: Unknown

  October 1944 to August 1946

  44-77311 - 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:
2^nd Lt. Basil E. Patton, Pilot
1^st Lt. James C. Springer, Copilot
SSgt. Virgil R. Cornelius, Crew Chief
Sgt. Joseph J. Diezel, Radio Operator

9 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.

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.

1 August 1946

Excluded from inventory.