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Commando 44-77519

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77519

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32915

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1451

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  December 1944 to April 1945

  44-77519 - USAAF (USA)


6 December 1944

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

Assigned to the 8th Air Force.

19 January 1945

Departed the USA for Europe.

February 1945

Assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313th Troop Carrier Group, 47th Troop Carrier Squadron based at RAF Folkingham, England.

Marked "N3-K".

24 March 1945

Crash landed due to battle damage during Operation Varsity.

1 April 1945

Condemned, non-battle damage. [so which one was it?]

 

Below: 44-77519, probably at RAF Folkingham in early 1945. Note the mud-stained aft fuselage underside!
Photo credit: www.worldwarphotos.info

Last edited: 23/01/2024