Commando 44-77591

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77591

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32987

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1523

FATE: Broken up

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77591 - 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, 29^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grevillers-Achiet (B-54), France.

Marked "5X".

24 March 1945

Took part in Operation Varsity, Chalk unknown, completed the mission and returned undamaged.

Crew:
1^st Lt. William C. Helfer, Copilot

  September 1947 to July 1960

  44-77591 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2346^th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Paine Field, WA.

28 June 1958

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

2 July 1960

Sent to reclamation at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.