Commando 44-77498

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77498

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32894

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1430

FATE: Broken up

  November 1944 to January 1949

  44-77498 - USAAF (USA)

30 November 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to ATC Ferrying Division, 6^th Ferrying Group based at Long Beach AAF, CA.

18 December 1944

Damaged at Long Beach AAF, CA in a taxi accident while parked.

While parked on the ramp at Long Beach AAF, the Commando was hit by Consolidated B-24M Liberator 44-41962 which was being taxied by S. M. Eberline.

Unknown date

Probably assigned to the 5^th Air Force, 54^th Troop Carrier Wing operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

17 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]