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Commando 44-77585

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77585

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32981

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1517

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  December 1944 to January 1946

  44-77585 - USAAF (USA)


16 December 1944

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

13 January 1945

Assigned to the 8th Air Force.

Departed the USA for Europe.

Early 1945

Assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313th Troop Carrier Group, 48th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grevillers-Achiet, France.

Marked "Z7".

24 March 1945

Damaged over Germany during Operation Varsity.

21 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

  January 1946 to May 1948

  44-77585 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


5 January 1946

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

  May 1948 to August 1949

  44-77585 - USAF (USA)


21 May 1948

Returned to USAF service.

19 August 1948

Assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Material Area based at Tinker AFB, OK.

18 April 1949

Reclamation authorized.

16 August 1949

Reclamation completed.

Last edited: 01/04/2024