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Commando 44-77438

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77438

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32834

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1370

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  November 1944 to November 1945

  44-77438 - USAAF (USA)


18 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 August 1948

  44-77438 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


30 November 1945

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.

  August 1948 to unknown date

  C-46280 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)


16 August 1948

Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.

Possibly used in the air bridge between mainland China and Taiwan in 1948-1949.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 01/05/2024