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Commando 44-77339

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77339

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32735

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1271

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to February 1945

  44-77339 - USAAF (USA)


1 November 1944

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

Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing, 375th Troop Carrier Group operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

13 December 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

25 January 1945

Went missing somewhere in the Southwest Pacific theatre.

2 February 1945

Condemned for salvage, missing.