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Commando 44-77568

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77568

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32964

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1500

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  December 1944 to October 1945

  44-77568 - USAAF (USA)


13 December 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.

15 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

25 October 1945

Condemned, accident, non-combat. [undocumented occurence]

Last edited: 09/03/2024