Commando 44-77421
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77421
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32817
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1353
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
November 1944 to November 1945
44-77421 - USAAF (USA)
15 November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.
Remained within the continental USA.
November 1945 to August 1948
44-77421 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
30 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
ca 1948
Taken out of storage and overhauled by TALOA under a US Government contract to prepare the aircraft for delivery to China.
August 1948 to May 1960
C-46288 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
16 August 1948
Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.
19 August 1949
Arrived in Shanghai, China.
Possibly used in the air bridge between mainland China and Taiwan in 1948-1949.
1949
Evacuated to Taiwan.
May 1960 to unknown date
91-1147 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)
16 May 1960
Purchased.
28 January 1965
Withdrawn from use. [also quoted as 1973]
Last edited: 01/05/2024