Commando 44-77674

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77674

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33070

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1606

FATE: Preserved

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77674 - USAAF (USA)

January 1945

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

  September 1947 to June 1968

  44-77674 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2596^th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Hensley Field, TX.

Converted to TC-46D.

21 April 1950

Received minor damage at Houston Municipal, TX in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Garland D. Moore

While taxiing at Houston Municipal, the Commando hit Douglas DC4A N53102 of Chicago & Southern Airlines parked nearby. The Commando received minor damage while the DC4 remained intact.

Unknown date

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

Converted back to C-46D.

21 December 1957

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

8 October 1961

Retrieved from storage and sent to the Middletown Air Materiel Area at Harrisburg-Olmsted AFB, PA for overhaul.

Returned to service with the 4400^th Combat Crew Training Squadron based at Eglin AFB, FL.

Unknown date

Transferred to the 1^st Air Commando Wing, 605^th Air Commando Squadron based at Howard AFB, Panama Canal Zone.

  June 1968 to unknown date

  44-77674 - AIR INTERNATIONAL INC. (USA)

June 1968

Transferred.

Flown to Miami, FL for overhaul & modification.

  Unknown date to today

  0-77674 - ROKAF (REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE) (SOUTH KOREA)

Unknown date

Purchased.

Displayed outdoor in the golf course of the military base at Busan Gimhae, South Korea.

Right: 0-77674 in June 1974, possibly at the old Busan airport, South Korea.
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