Commando 44-77430
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77430
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32826
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1362
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
November 1944 to September 1947
44-77430 - 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.
8 January 1945
Damaged while parked at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a taxi accident due to weather.
September 1947 to January 1965
44-77430 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Assigned to the 2346th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Hamilton AFB, CA.
22 August 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
10 January 1964
Reclamation authorized at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
January 1965 to unknown date
????? - UNKNOWN (USA)
26 January 1965
Purchased less engines from USAF. Total airframe time 4,425 hours.
Fate unknown.