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Commando 44-77529

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77529

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32925

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1461

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77529 - USAAF (USA)

December 1944

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

February 1945

Assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313th Troop Carrier Group, 48th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grevillers-Achiet (B-54), France.

24 March 1945

Damaged over Germany during Operation Varsity.

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77529 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

  Unknown date to January 1958

  44-77529 - CALIFORNIA EASTERN AVIATION INC. (USA)

Unknown date

Probably leased from the USAF by California Eastern Aviation.

  January 1958 to unknown date

  44-77529 - USAF (USA)

16 January 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.

Fate unknown. [quoted by AB as removed from surplus list]

Last edited: 27/01/2024