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Commando 44-77550

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77550

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32946

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1482

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  December 1944 to January 1946

  44-77550 - USAAF (USA)


7 December 1944

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

Assigned to Air Transport Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Remained within the continental USA.

  January 1946 to March 1948

  44-77550 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


22 January 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  March 1948 to February 1949

  44-77550 - 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: 21/02/2024