Commando 44-77528

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77528

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32924

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1460

FATE: Unknown

  December 1944 to March 1946

  44-77528 - USAAF (USA)

6 December 1944

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

Assigned to the 8^th Air Force.

14 January 1945

Departed the USA for Europe.

February 1945

Assigned to the 9^th Air Force, 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313^th Troop Carrier Group, 49^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grevillers-Achiet (B-54), France.

24 March 1945

Damaged over Germany during Operation Varsity.

25 January 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

  March 1946 to unknown date

  44-77528 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

12 March 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

Fate unknown. [definitely not PP-NMD]