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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.