Commando 44-77429

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77429

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32825

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1361

FATE: Written off

  November 1944 to November 1945

  44-77429 - 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.

Remained within the continental USA.

  November 1945 to May 1948

  44-77429 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

30 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  May 1948 to August 1950

  44-77429 - USAF (USA)

21 May 1948

Returned to USAF service.

19 August 1948

Assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Material Area based at Tinker AFB, OK and probably refurbished.

3 May 1949

Assigned to the 2346^th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Hamilton AFB, CA.

8 August 1949

Converted to TC-46D.

14 July 1950

Damaged beyond repair 1 km west of Hamilton AFB, CA in a belly landing due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Charles R. Chistensen (or Christianson)

14 August 1950

Reclamation authorized.

24 August 1950

Reclamation completed.