Commando 44-77513

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77513

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32909

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1445

FATE: Broken up

  December 1944 to October 1946

  44-77513 - USAAF (USA)

6 December 1944

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

Assigned to the 8^th Air Force.

16 January 1945

Departed the USA for Europe.

21 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

  October 1946 to May 1948

  44-77513 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

9 October 1946

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

  May 1948 to December 1950

  44-77513 - 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 and probably refurbished.

31 March 1949

Assigned to Glendale, CA.

Converted to TC-46D.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2465^th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Wold-Chamberlain Field, MN.

26 November 1950

Received major damage at McChord AFB, WA in a landing accident.

Pilot: James A. Ainslie (survived)

12 August 1950

Reclamation authorized.

6 December 1950

Reclamation completed.