Commando 44-77506

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77506

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32902

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1438

FATE: Unknown

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77506 - USAAF (USA)

December 1944

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77506 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to 2233^rd Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Mitchel AFB, NY.

29 July 1950

Received minor damage in Trumbull, CT in a taxi accident while parked.

The Commando was parked in Trumbull, CT when it was hit by sistership 44-77510 of the same unit commanded by Holland L. Willard that was taxiing nearby. Both airplanes suffered minor damage.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 315^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 43^rd Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

Provided aerial transportation between Japan and Korean during the Korean War.

20 September 1952

Received major damage over Yechon, Korea (64 km north-northeast of Taegu AB, Korea) in a midair collision.

Pilot: Carl W. Marshall (survived, went on to fly three tours in Vietnam and retired a USAF Lt. Col., pictured right during basic training)

Fate unknown.