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Commando 44-77640

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77640

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33036

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1572

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77640 - USAAF (USA)


January 1945

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77640 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

  Unknown date to December 1957

  44-77640 - CALIFORNIA EASTERN AVIATION INC. (USA)


Unknown date

Probably leased from the USAF by California Eastern Aviation.

  December 1957 to October 1961

  44-77640 - USAF (USA)


22 December 1957

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

2 October 1961

Departed Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

  October 1961 to 1964

  N109Z - US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USA)


October 1961

Transferred from USAF and assigned to the US Forest Service.

  1964 to June 1965

  N355Z - CAROLINA AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (USA)


1964

Purchased.

1965

Registration cancelled.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 18/04/2024