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Commando 44-77576

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77576

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32972

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1508

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  December 1944 to October 1946

  44-77576 - USAAF (USA)


14 December 1944

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

13 January 1945

Assigned to the 8th Air Force.

Departed the USA for Europe.

Early 1945

Assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313th Troop Carrier Group, probably 47th Troop Carrier Squadron based at RAF Folkingham, England.

Marked "N3".

243 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

  October 1946 to unknown date

  44-77576 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


9 October 1946

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

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 13/03/2024