Commando 44-77616
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77616
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33012
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1548
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
December 1944 to February 1946
44-77616 - USAAF (USA)
23 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.
February 1946 to August 1948
44-77616 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
6 February 1946
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-46297 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
9 August 1948
Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 01/05/2024