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Commando 44-77569

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77569

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32965

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1501

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77569 - USAAF (USA)


December 1944

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

Unknown date

Departed the USA for Europe.

Assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313th Troop Carrier Group, 49th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grevillers-Achiet (B-54), France.

Marked "H2".

24 March 1945

Damaged over Germany during Operation Varsity.

  September 1947 to July 1951

  44-77569 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Converted to TC-46D.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2239th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Greater Pittsburgh, PA.

7 May 1950

Received minor damage at Greater Pittsburgh, PA in a landing accident due to a ground loop.

Pilot: Frank S. Guzak

Unknown date

Converted back to C-46D.

Assigned to the 437th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 85th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

3 July 1951

Damaged beyond repair at Brady AB, Japan in a landing accident.

Pilot: James B. Knighten (one of the original Tuskeegee airmen, survived, retired a Lt. Col.)

Last edited: 02/05/2024