Commando 44-77505
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77505
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32901
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1437
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
December 1944 to January 1949
44-77505 - USAAF (USA)
2 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.
16 January 1945
Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.
Unknown date
Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.
21 April 1947
Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
4 January 1949
Reclamation completed at Clark Field, Philippines. [date noted as 4 January 1947, discrepancy]