Commando 44-77518

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77518

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32914

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1450

FATE: Written off

  December 1944 to March 1945

  44-77518 - USAAF (USA)

4 December 1944

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

21 January 1945

Assigned to the 8^th Air Force.

February 1945

Assigned to the 9^th Air Force, 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313^th Troop Carrier Group, 48^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grevillers-Achiet (B-54), France.

24 March 1945

Went missing over Germany during Operation Varsity. [MACR 13423]

The Commando, flying paratroopers to Wesel, Germany as Chalk 46, was hit by flak and failed to return. Number of fatalities unknown.

Condemned, missing in action.