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Commando 44-77591

Aircraft Identification

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

Operational Record

  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 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313th Troop Carrier Group, 29th 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:
1st Lt. William C. Helfer, Copilot

  September 1947 to July 1960

  44-77591 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2346th 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.

Last edited: 01/04/2024