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Commando 44-77443

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77443

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32839

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1375

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to April 1945

  44-77443 - USAAF (USA)


29 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 the 807th AAF Base Unit, Bergstrom AAF, TX with I Troop Carrier Command.

3 April 1945

Damaged beyond repair 23 km southeast of Austin, TX in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Jack R. Trimble

17 April 1945

Reclamation completed.