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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Withdrawn from use.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