Commando 44-77593
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77593
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32989
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1525
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
December 1944 to September 1947
44-77593 - USAAF (USA)
December 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to unknown date
44-77593 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Probably assigned to a Troop Carrier Wing based in Japan.
Unknown dates
0-77593 - ROKAF (REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE) (SOUTH KOREA)
Unknown date
Purchased.
Right: 0-77593 after a beach landing on the island of Baengnyong, South Korea in 1965.
Photo credit: bemil.chosun.com
Unknown dates
44-77593 - USAF (USA)
Unknown date
Returned.
13 November 1974
Carcass offered for sale at Bupyong, South Korea. Total airframe time: 10,855 hours.
No buyer known, fate unknown.
Last edited: 05/04/2024