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Commando 44-77379

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77379

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32775

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1311

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1944 to May 1947

  44-77379 - USAAF (USA)


9 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.

19 December 1944

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

ca 1946

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines and stored.

  May 1947 to unknown date

  44-77379 - CAT (CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT) (CHINA)


19 May 1947

Purchased as part of a 25 Commandos purchased from USAAF surplus in the Philippines by UNRRA for use by CAT.

Ferried to Tien Ho, Guangdong, China and stored as part of CAT's reserve fleet.

Used for parts and probably broken up at Tien Ho.