Commando 44-77491

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77491

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32887

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1423

FATE: Written off

  November 1944 to February 1945

  44-77491 - USAAF (USA)

30 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.

17 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

8 February 1945

Condemned, missing, combat, probably while supporting the liberation of Manila, Philippines. [undocumented, no MACR found]