Commando 44-77555

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77555

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32951

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1487

FATE: Broken up

  December 1944 to November 1945

  44-77555 - USAAF (USA)

9 December 1944

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

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, based at Baer Field, IN.

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813^th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO.

Used for combat crew training, remained within the continental USA.

4 March 1945

Received major damage at Vichy AAF, MO in a crash landing due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Lawrence Ruther (survived)

  November 1945 to March 1948

  44-77555 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

29 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  March 1948 to February 1949

  44-77555 - 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]