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Commando 44-77455

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77455

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32851

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1387

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  December 1944 to September 1945

  44-77455 - USAAF (USA)

1 December 1944

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

Probably assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

11 February 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

19 September 1945

Damaged beyond repair in an accident.

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 13/12/2023