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Commando 44-77578

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77578

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32974

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1510

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77578 - USAAF (USA)


December 1944

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77578 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Late 1852

Assigned to the 464th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 778th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Lawson AFB, GA.

18 May 1953

Received minor damage at Lawson AFB, GA in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Jack B. Hyatt

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2577th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Brooks AFB, TX.

3 May 1958

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

2 February 1959

Sent to reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Withdrawn from surplus list.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 13/03/2024