Commando 44-77580

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77580

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32976

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1512

FATE: Unknown

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77580 - USAAF (USA)

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

  44-77580 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

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

16 May 1953

Received major damage at Brady AB, Japan in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Alvan W. Barrett (survived, retired a USAF Lt. Col. and became Lockheed's Chief Flight Engineer during the C-130 development)

  Unknown dates

  (44-77580) - ROKAF (REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE) (SOUTH KOREA)

Unknown date

Purchased.

Fate unknown.