Commando 44-77603

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77603

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32999

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1535

FATE: Unknown

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77603 - USAAF (USA)

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December 1944

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

Early 1945

Assigned to the 9^th Air Force, 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313^th Troop Carrier Group, 47^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at RAF Folkingham, England.

Marked "N3".

24 March 1945

Damaged over Germany during Operation Varsity.

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77603 - USAF (USA)

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18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

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

9 June 1952

Received minor damage at Chinhae AB (K-10), South Korea in a landing accident.

Pilot: Thomas J. Daniels

  Unknown dates

  0-77603 - ROKAF (REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE) (SOUTH KOREA)

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Unknown date

Purchased.

  Unknown date to November 1974

  44-77603 - USAF (USA)

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Unknown date

Returned.

13 November 1974

Sold to an unknown buyer at Bupyong, South Korea. Total airframe time: 10,629 hours.

Fate unknown.