Commando 44-77428
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77428
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32824
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1360
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
November 1944 to March 1946
44-77428 - USAAF (USA)
16 November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.
Unknown date
Assigned to 807th AAF Base Unit, Bergstrom AAF, TX with I Troop Carrier Command.
16 January 1945
Received major damage while parked at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a ground collision with Commando 44-77420.
March 1946 to ca 1948
44-77428 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
21 March 1946
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.
ca 1948 to December 1959
C-46??? - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
ca 1948
Delivered to China. [TBC]
Possibly used in the air bridge between mainland China and Taiwan in 1948-1949.
1949
Evacuated to Taiwan.
December 1959 to unknown date
91-1148 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)
23 December 1959
Purchased.
8 January 1974
Withdrawn from use.
Fate unknown.
First three shots: 91-1148 starts up, taxies and takes off from Hamamatsu AB, Japan on 1 November 1965.
Photo credit: apphg / Flyteam.jp
Bottom right: 91-1148 on 2 May 1972 in Hyakuri, Japan.
Photo credit: geta-o / Gonavy.jp
Last edited: 01/05/2024