Commando 44-77590

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77590

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32986

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1522

FATE: Written off

  December 1944 to March 1945

  44-77590 - USAAF (USA)

16 December 1944

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

1 February 1945

Assigned to the 8^th Air Force.

Early 1945

Assigned to the 9^th Air Force, 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313^th Troop Carrier Group, 49^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grevillers-Achiet (B-54), France.

Marked "H2".

24 March 1945

Destroyed over Germany during Operation Varsity after the crew bailed out due to battle damage.

The Commando was assigned as Chalk 5 to Operation Varsity, departing from Grevillers-Achiet, France.

Condemned for salvage, missing in action.