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Commando 44-77355

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77355

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32751

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1287

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to February 1945

  44-77355 - USAAF (USA)

4 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.

10 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

15 February 1945

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

Condemned for salvage.