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Commando 44-77451

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77451

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32847

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1383

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1944 to December 1946

  44-77451 - USAAF (USA)


24 November 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.

12 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Japan.

6 December 1946

Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

24 November 1946

Reclamation completed, probably in Japan. [dates discrepancy]

Last edited: 13/12/2023