Commando 44-77541

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77541

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32937

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1473

FATE: Broken up

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77541 - USAAF (USA)

December 1944

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

February 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-A".

24 March 1945

Probably took part in Operation Varsity.

Right: 44-77541 at RAF Thurliegh, England in 1945.
Photo credit: USAF / American Air Museum in Britain

  September 1947 to October 1960

  44-77541 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 464^th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 777^th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Lawson AFB, GA.

22 July 1953

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

Pilot: Marshall J. Hammon

Unknown date

Assigned to the Ohio Air National Guard, 145^th Air Transport Squadron (Medium) based at Akron-Canton, OH.

11 October 1958

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

21 October 1960

Sent to reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Left: 44-77541 wearing the obsolete O-477541 marking with the Ohio ANG in the 1950's.
Photo credit: Bill Larkins / SilverHawkAuthor