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Commando 44-77415

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77415

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32811

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1347

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to June 1945

  44-77415 - USAAF (USA)


15 November 1944

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

Assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing, 375th Troop Carrier Group operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

24 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

10 June 1945

Went missing somewhere in the Southwest Pacific theatre. [MACR 14607]

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 27/10/2020