Commando 44-77549

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77549

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32945

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1481

FATE: Written off

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77549 - USAAF (USA)

December 1944

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

  September 1947 to November 1953

  44-77549 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Circa 1950

Assigned to the 437^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 83^rd Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

31 March 1951

Received major damage at Pohang (K-3), South Korea in an accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Leslie L. Worden

8 October 1951

Received minor damage at Ashiya AB, Japan in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Lee E. Nagle

Circa 1952

Assigned to the 315^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 19^th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

20 June 1953

Received major damage at Brady AB, Japan in a runway overrun on landing.

Pilot: William W. Ryan

26 November 1953

Damaged beyond repair after ditching 2.5 km WSW of Miho AB, Japan (0/30 fatalities).

Pilot: Thomas J. Masner

The Commando departed from Miho AB, Japan with 5 crew members and 25 passengers on board. It ditched in the ocean shortly after takeoff. All occupants were rescued but the aircraft was written off.