Commando 44-77539

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77539

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32935

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1471

FATE: Written off

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77539 - USAAF (USA)

December 1944

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

Unknown date

Assigned to the 9^th Air Force, 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313^th Troop Carrier Group, 47^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at RAF Folkingham, England.

24 March 1945

Damaged over Germany during Operation Varsity.

  September 1947 to April 1953

  44-77539 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 437^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 83^rd Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

25 April 1952

Received minor damage at Hoengsong, Korea in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Loren I. Fleming

Mid-1952

Assigned to the 315^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 19^th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

5 April 1953

Destroyed 5 km from Taejon, Korea after the crew bailed out due to an engine failure.

Pilot: Ivan L. Turner