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Commando 44-77483

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77483

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32879

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1415

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1944 to May 1947

  44-77483 - USAAF (USA)

28 November 1944

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

Probably assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

2 February 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

  May 1947 to unknown date

  44-77483 - CNRRA AIR TRANSPORT (CHINESE NATIONAL RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION) (CHINA)

19 May 1947

Transferred to CNRRA Air Transport.

Assigned to the reserve fleet and stored in Tien Ho, Guangdong, China.

Used for spares and eventually broken up.

Last edited: 20/12/2023