Commando 44-77624

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77624

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33020

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1556

FATE: Written off

  January 1945 to February 1946

  44-77624 - USAAF (USA)

4 January 1945

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

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Early 1945

Assigned to the I Troop Carrier Commando, 349^th Troop Carrier Group, 314^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Pope Field, NC.

23 February 1945

Received major damage at Lunken Field, OH in a landing accident.

Pilot: Orville W. Wray

March 1945

Deployed to RAF Barkston Heath, UK as the 349^th Troop Carrier Group, 314^th Troop Carrier Squadron was assigned to the 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing.

Mid-1945

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

  February 1946 to May 1948

  44-77624 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

20 February 1946

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

  May 1948 to October 1950

  44-77624 - 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.

2 May 1949

Assigned to Glendale, CA.

16 August 1949

Converted to TC-46D.

18 August 1949

Assigned to Atterbury AFB, IN.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2242^nd Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Selfridge AFB, MI.

27 July 1950

Damaged beyond repair at Atterbury AFB, IN in takeoff accident due to an engine failure.

Pilot: Richard F. Evans

The airplane crashed 200 meters from the base.

8 October 1950

Reclamation authorized.

29 October 1950

Reclamation completed.