Commando 44-77425
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77425
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32821
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1357
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
November 1944 to September 1947
44-77425 - USAAF (USA)
November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to August 1979
44-77425 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Assigned to 2578th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Ellington AFB, TX.
18 April 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
5 February 1964
Sent for reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
August 1978
Advertised for sale by the US Department of Defense.
7 August 1979
Sold for scrap to Southwestern Alloys of Tucson, AZ.
Right: obsolete 44-77425 stripped of all vital parts, still surviving at Davis-Monthan boneyard on 14 October 1978.
Photo credit: Kerry Taylor / Flickr
Last edited: 20/01/2024