Commando 44-77677
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77677
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33073
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1609
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
January 1945 to January 1946
44-77677 - USAAF (USA)
11 January 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
7 February 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.
25 July 1945
Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.
January 1946 to August 1948
44-77677 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
5 January 1946
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
ca 1948
Taken out of storage and overhauled by TALOA under a US Government contract to prepare the aircraft for delivery to China.
August 1948 to unknown date
C-46282 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
11 August 1948
Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 01/05/2024