Commando 44-77514
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77514
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32910
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1446
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
December 1944 to September 1947
44-77514 - USAAF (USA)
December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
January 1955 to September 1972
51-1103 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)
16 January 1955
Leased from the US Department of Defense as part of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP).
Right: 51-1103 shot during the Gifu AB, Japan open day on 3 May 1958.
Photo credit: Junpei Yasuda / hikokikumo.net
September 1972 to unknown date
44-77514 - USAF (USA)
27 September 1972
Returned from lease and stored in Japan.
15 February 1973
Offered for sale at Iruma AB, Japan. Total airframe time: 9,872 hours.
No buyer known, fate unknown.
Last edited: 21/01/2024