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Commando 44-77493

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77493

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32889

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1425

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1944 to March 1949

  44-77493 - 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.

31 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Clark Field, Philippines.

5 February 1948

Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

14 March 1949

Reclamation completed at Clark Field, Philippines.

Last edited: 06/01/2024