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Commando 44-77484

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77484

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32880

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1416

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1944 to January 1949

  44-77484 - USAAF (USA)


27 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.

2 February 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.

7 January 1949

Reclamation completed at Clark Field, Philippines.

Last edited: 20/12/2023