Commando 44-77650

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

  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 9^th Air Force, 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313^th Troop Carrier Group, 49^th 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 2466^th 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 2347^th 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 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

  44-77650 - AIR INTERNATIONAL INC. (USA)

June 1968

Transferred.

Flown to Miami, FL for overhauld & modification.

Fate unknown.