Commando 44-77567
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77567
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32963
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1499
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
December 1944 to May 1945
44-77567- USAAF (USA)
13 December 1944
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, 813th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO.
Used for combat crew training.
20 March 1945
Damaged beyond repair 16 km north of Chicago, IL in a belly landing following an engine failure or fire.
Pilot: Carroll D. Woods
5 May 1945
Surveyed at Chicago Midway, IL.
Right: the background suggests 44-77567 crashed near an airport, which one?
Photo credit: World War Photos
Last edited: 09/03/2024