Commando 44-77622

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77622

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33018

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1554

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77622 - USAAF (USA)

January 1945

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

  September 1947 to August 1957

  44-77622 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 437^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 85^th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

30 July 1951

Received minor damage at Chunchon AB (K-47), Korea in a landing accident.

Pilot: Theodore E. Noyes

Unknown date

Assigned to the 315^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 43^rd Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

15 May 1953

Received minor damage at Osan (K-55), Korea in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Robert W. Coleman

Right: 44-77622 in flight in January 1951, while taking part in the Korean War.
Photo credit: USAF Museum

  August 1957 to September 1972

  71-1132 - JASDF (JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE) (JAPAN)

24 August 1957

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

  September 1972 to unknown date

  44-77622 - USAF (USA)

27 September 1972

Returned from lease and stored in Japan.

15 February 1973

Offered for sale at Miho AB, Japan. Total airframe time: 9,969 hours.

Fate unknown.