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Commando 44-77369

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77369

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32765

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1301

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to May 1945

  44-77369 - USAAF (USA)


3 November 1944

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

Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing, 433rd Troop Carrier Group operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

15 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

17 May 1945

Went missing over the Southwest Pacific theatre. [MACR 14443]

18 May 1945

Condemned for salvage, missing.