Commando 44-77408

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77408

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32804

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1340

FATE: Broken up

November 1944 to March 1949

44-77408 - USAAF (USA)

14 November 1944

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

Probably assigned to the 5^th Air Force, 54^th Troop Carrier Wing operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

22 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

21 April 1947

Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

14 March 1949

Reclamation completed at Clark Field, Philippines.