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Commando 44-77473

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77473

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32869

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1405

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to March 1945

  44-77473 - USAAF (USA)


28 November 1944

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

11 January 1945

Assigned to the 8th Air Force.

Unknown date

Probably assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing.

24 March 1945

Condemned, missing in action. [strangely not listed in Operation Varsity's casualties - TBC]

Last edited: 22/01/2024