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Commando 44-77596

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77596

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32992

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1528

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77596 - 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, 49th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grevillers-Achiet (B-54), France.

Marked "H2".

24 March 1945

Damaged over Germany during Operation Varsity.

  September 1947 to late 1950's

  44-77596 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2343rd Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Portland, OR.

3 May 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.

Withdrawn from surplus list.

  Late 1950's to early 1960's

  N9935Z - SAT (SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT) (USA)


Late 1950's

Purchased from USAF.

  Early 1960's to 1962

  N9935Z - AIR AMERICA (USA)


Early 1960's

Exchanged for Commando HP-316.

Assigned to the Cuban Fuerza Aerea de Liberacion based at Retalhuleu, Nicaragua.

17-20 April 1961

Took part in the Bay of Pigs invasion.

  1962 to unknown date

  AN-AOD - LANICA (LINEAS AEREAS DE NICARAGUA) (NICARAGUA)


1962

Purchased.

1970

Withdrawn from use and stored.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 04/04/2024