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Commando 44-77462

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77462

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32858

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1394

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  November 1944 to May 1945

  44-77462 - USAAF (USA)


28 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.

22 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

29 May 1945

Condemned for salvage, supposedly following an accident.

Last edited: 15/12/2023