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Commando 44-77646

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77646

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33042

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1578

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  January 1945 to January 1946

  44-77646 - USAAF (USA)


9 January 1945

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

26 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.

24 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

  January 1946 to 1948

  44-77646 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


10 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.

  1948 to unknown date

  C-46316 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)


1948

Delivered.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 01/05/2024