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Commando 44-77613

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77613

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33009

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1545

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  December 1944 to January 1947

  44-77613 - USAAF (USA)


20 December 1944

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

22 January 1945

Assigned to the 8th Air Force.

Departed the USA for Europe.

Early 1945

Probably assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing.

20 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

  January 1947 to March 1948

  44-77613 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


10 January 1947

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  March 1948 to April 1949

  44-77613 - USAF (USA)


9 March 1948

Returned to USAF service.

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: 17/08/2024