Commando 44-77573

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77573

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32969

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1505

FATE: Written off

  December 1944 to May 1947

  44-77573 - USAAF (USA)

13 December 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.

17 December 1944

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

26 December 1944

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813^th AAF Base Unit, Squadron D, Sedalia AAF, MO.

Used for combat crew training.

15 January 1945

Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a ground accident while parked. [occurrence TBC]

11 April 1945

Damaged, probably beyond repair, at Sedalia AAF, MO in a ground accident while parked.

The Commando was parked at Sedalia AAF, MO when it was hit by a sistership of the same unit taxiing nearby [either 44-77711 or 44-77914].

13 April 1945

Transferred to Class 26, ground instruction only.

31 May 1945

Transferred to Class 01Z, complete aircraft assigned for ground instructional training.

28 March 1947

Reclamation authorized.

15 May 1947

Reclamation completed.