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Commando 44-77642

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77642

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33038

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1574

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  January 1945 to February 1946

  44-77642 - USAAF (USA)

8 January 1945

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

12 February 1945

Assigned to the 8th Air Force.

Departed the USA for Europe.

Early 1945

Assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 349th Troop Carrier Group, 314th Troop Carrier Squadron at RAF Barkston Heath, UK.

Marked "LY-M".

May 1945

Carried elements of the British 1st Airborne Division to Norway as part of Operation Doomsday.

26 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

 

Right: 44-77642 loading a Jeep, possibly during Operation Doomsday.
Photo credit: R. P. Smith / Key.aero

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  February 1946 to unknown date

  44-77642 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

6 February 1946

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

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 13/04/2024