Commando 44-77469
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77469
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32865
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1401
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
November 1944 to September 1947
44-77469 - USAAF (USA)
November 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to May 1961
44-77469 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Converted to C-46F.
Unknown date
Assigned to 2347th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Long Beach AFB, CA.
25 July 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
4 May 1961
Departed Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for Peru.
May 1961
61-322 - FUERZA AEREA DEL PERU (PERU)
May 1961
Supplied under the Military Assistance Program. [registration also noted as FAP-322]
May 1961 to 1964
OB-XAM-578 - SATCO (SERVICIO AEREO DE TRANSPORTES COMMERCIALES) (PERU)
6 May 1961
Transferred to the new state airline SATCO.
1964 to December 1966
OB-R-578 - SATCO (SERVICIO AEREO DE TRANSPORTES COMMERCIALES) (PERU)
1964
Reregistered.
December 1966 to 1967
February 1967 to August 1967
HI-138 - AEROVIAS QUISQUEYANA (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
February 1967
Purchased, presumably to operate cargo services to Miami, FL which never came to fruition.
Probably never taken up.
August 1967 to unknown date
N1268 - WALNICO INC. (USA)
August 1967
Purchased.
Possibly used for spraying.
31 July 1975
Registration cancelled.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 09/03/2024