Commando 44-77649
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77649
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33045
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1581
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
January 1945 to February 1946
44-77649 - USAAF (USA)
8 January 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
13 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.
20 July 1945
Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.
February 1946 to April 1948
44-77649 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
19 February 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.
April 1948 to unknown date
C-46313 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
20 April 1948
Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 01/05/2024