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Commando 44-77338

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77338

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32734

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1270

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  October 1944 to August 1945

  44-77338 - 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.

22 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

27 August 1945

Condemned for salvage, accident.