Commando 44-77629

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77629

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33025

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1561

FATE: Broken up

  January 1945 to April 1946

  44-77629 - USAAF (USA)

4 January 1945

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

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

11 January 1945

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

9 June 1945

Received major damage at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a ground collision.

The Commando was parked at Bergstrom AAF, TX when it was hit by sistership 44-77728 of the same unit operated by John C. Murphy. Both aircraft sustained major damage.

25 March 1946

Recommended for salvage.

30 April 1946

Salvage completed.