Commando 44-77627

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77627

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33023

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1559

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to January 1946

  44-77627 - USAAF (USA)

10 January 1945

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

26 January 1945

Assigned to the 8^th Air Force.

Departed the USA for Europe.

Early 1945

Probably assigned to the 9^th Air Force, 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing.

Mid-1945

Detached to the RAF Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment for parachute trials, based at RAF Boscombe Down.

23 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

  January 1946 to unknown date

  44-77627 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

9 January 1946

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

Fate unknown.