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Commando 44-77400

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77400

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32796

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1332

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to March 1945

  44-77400 - USAAF (USA)

11 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.

20 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

14 March 1945

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

Condemned for salvage, accident.