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Commando 44-77330

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77330

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32726

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1262

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1944 to May 1945

  44-77330 - USAAF (USA)

30 October 1944

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

Probably assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

11 December 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

27 May 1945

Condemned for salvage, accident.