Commando 44-77543

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77543

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32939

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1475

FATE: Written off

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77543 - USAAF (USA)

December 1944

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

  September 1947 to April 1952

  44-77543 - 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 April 1952

Damaged beyond repair in a crash on Mount Aso, Kyushu, Japan (4/4 fatalities).

Pilot: Cpt. Mario R. Mazzei

The Commando crashed during a routine flight in an accident with unknown causes.