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Commando 44-77650

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77650

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33046

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1582

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77650 - USAAF (USA)


January 1945

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 June 1968

  44-77650 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2466th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Atterbury AFB, IN.

27 August 1950

Received minor damage at Atterbury AFB, IN in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Raymond W. Myers

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2347th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Hill AFB, UT.

4 April 1958

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

11 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 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron based at Eglin AFB, FL.

Unknown date

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

  June 1968 to unknown date

  44-77650 - AIR INTERNATIONAL INC. (USA)


June 1968

Transferred.

Flown to Miami, FL for overhauld & modification.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 02/05/2024