Commando 44-77634

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77634

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33030

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1566

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77634 - USAAF (USA)

January 1945

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

  September 1947 to February 1956

  44-77634 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 315^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 34^th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

10 February 1953

Received major damage at Hoengsong (K-46), Korea in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Frank R. Finnern

  February 1956 to September 1972

  61-1126 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)

22 February 1956

Leased from the US Department of Defense as part of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP).

Assigned to the 402^nd Tactical Airlift Squadron based at Iruma AB, Japan.

Right: 61-1126 taking off from Nagoya, Japan on 24 November 1972.
Photo credit: M. Colibri / FlyTeam.jp

  September 1972 to unknown date

  44-77634 - 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: 11,890 hours.

Fate unknown.