Commando 44-77313

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77313

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32709

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1245

FATE: Unknown

  October 1944 to April 1946

  44-77313 - 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. George B. Wallace, Pilot
2^nd Lt. Charles E. Simmons, Copilot
Sgt. John H. Lredy Jr., Crew Chief [typo in name?]
SSgt. George H. Dreyer Jr., 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.

24 February 1945

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

Pilot: 2^nd Lt. Charles E. Simmons

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.

Early 1946

Assigned to Chungking, Sichuan, China.

  April 1946 to unknown date

  44-77313 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

15 April 1946

Purchased.

1948

Withdrawn from use.