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Commando 44-77343

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77343

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32739

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1275

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to January 1945

  44-77343 - USAAF (USA)

1 November 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.

13 December 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

5 January 1945

Damaged beyond repair over the Southwest Pacific theatre in unknown circumstances.

Condemned for salvage, accident.