Commando 44-77459

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77459

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32855

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1391

FATE: Written off

  November 1944 to September 1947

  44-77459 - USAAF (USA)

November 1944

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

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

  September 1947 to August 1951

  44-77459 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 374^th Troop Carrier Group, Heavy, HQ Squadron based at Tachikawa AB, Japan.

16 August 1951

Damaged beyond repair at Tachikawa AB, Japan in a landing accident following an engine failure.

Pilot: Thomas R. Harrington