Commando 44-77490
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77490
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32886
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1422
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
November 1944 to January 1949
44-77490 - USAAF (USA)
30 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 Japan.
11 May 1947
Condemned for salvage, obsolete, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
5 January 1949
Reclamation completed in Japan. [date noted as 5 January 1947, discrepancy]
Last edited: 06/01/2024