Commando 44-77587
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77587
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32983
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1519
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
December 1944 to December 1945
44-77587 - USAAF (USA)
18 December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to Air Transport Command based at Baer Field, IN.
Unknown date
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO.
Used for combat crew training, remained within the continental USA.
13 January 1945
Received major damage at Grandview Municipal, MO in a landing accident.
Pilot: Francis M. Gardner
December 1945 to March 1948
44-77587 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
18 December 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.
March 1948 to February 1949
44-77587 - USAF (USA)
9 March 1948
Returned to USAF service.
5 May 1948
Assigned to Langley AFB, VA.
21 February 1949
Converted to EC-46D (exempt category).
6 April 1949
Reclamation authorized.
24 February 1949
Reclamation completed. [dates discrepancy]
Last edited: 16/03/2024