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