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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