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Commando 44-77466

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77466

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32862

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1398

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to April 1945

  44-77466 - USAAF (USA)

29 November 1944

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

Probably assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

20 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

8 April 1945

Condemned, supposedly following an accident.

Last edited: 15/12/2023