Commando 44-77433
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77433
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32829
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1365
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
November 1944 to March 1946
44-77433 - USAAF (USA)
26 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 813th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO, Squadron B with I Troop Carrier Command.
11 May 1945
Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a ground accident.
Pilot: Dwight N. Hillis (survived, later became a bomber & fighter pilot in Korea & Vietnam and retired a USAF Colonel)
2 July 1945
Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Robert W. Rose
March 1946 to unknown date
44-77433 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
8 March 1946
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
Fate unknown.