Commando 44-77427
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77427
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32823
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1359
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
November 1944 to September 1947
44-77427 - USAAF (USA)
November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Unknown date
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at the 807th AAF Base Unit, Bergstrom AAF, TX, Squadron B.
21 January 1945
Damaged at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Howard G. Spencer
27 June 1945
Damaged in Wichita, KS in a taxi accident.
Pilot: J. D. Soden
September 1947 to May 1961
44-77427 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Assigned to 2585th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Donaldson AFB, SC.
12 April 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
4 May 1961
Departed Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for Peru.
May 1961 to July 1965
61-329 - FUERZA AEREA DEL PERU (PERU)
May 1961
Supplied under the Military Assistance Program. [registration also noted as FAP-329]
July 1965 to unknown date
OB-R-806 - TRANS-PERUANA (PERU)
21 July 1965
Purchased.
1971
Withdrawn from use in Lima, Peru.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 09/03/2024