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Commando 44-77631

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77631

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33027

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1563

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  January 1945 to January 1946

  44-77631 - USAAF (USA)


5 January 1945

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

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

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 807th AAF Base Unit, Bergstrom AAF, TX.

11 April 1945

Received major damage at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Gabriel B. Garcia

10 August 1945

Damaged at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a taxi accident.

Pilot: James C. Shubert

  January 1946 to unknown date

  44-77631 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


5 January 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 13/04/2024