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Commando 44-77599

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77599

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32995

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1531

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  December 1944 to December 1945

  44-77599 - USAAF (USA)


19 December 1944

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

15 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.

21 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

  December 1945 to unknown date

  44-77599 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


10 December 1945

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.

  August 1948 to unknown date

  C-46279 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)


9 August 1948

Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.

Fate unknown.

 

Last edited: 01/05/2024