Commando 44-77625

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77625

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33021

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1557

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77625 - USAAF (USA)

January 1945

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

  September 1947 to January 1961

  44-77625 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 403^rd Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 64^th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Portland, OR.

26 August 1951

Received minor damage at Ellington AFB, TX in a taxi accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Russell J. Christensen

ca 1955

Assigned to the Maryland Air National Guard, 135^th Air Resupply Squadron based at Harbor Field, MD.

23 February 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

2 February 1959

Sent to reclamation - later withdrawn from surplus list.

  January 1961 to October 1961

  N9829Z - VANGUARD EXPORT CORPORATION (USA)

14 January 1961

Purchased from USAF.

  October 1961 to November 1966

  PP-BTO - PARAENSE TRANSPORTES AEREOS (BRAZIL)

27 October 1961

Purchased.

8 August 1962

Registered. [the aircraft probably had a pasavante registration prior to this]

October 1966

Put up for sale.

  November 1966 to January 1967

  N6500G - BELLOMY-LAWSON AVIATION (USA)

3 November 1966

Purchased.

7 November 1966

Delivered, after a ferry flight from Belem, Brazil to Miami, FL.

15 November 1966

Registered, based at Oakland, CA.

11 January 1967

Registration cancelled, exported to the People's Republic of China.

Next owner and fate unknown.

Right: N6500G with former Brazilian titles still visible, probably in Miami, FL in late 1966.
Photo credit: Terry Fletcher