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Commando 44-77522

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77522

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32918

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1454

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77522 - USAAF (USA)


December 1944

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77522 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 315th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 34th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

25 November 1952

Received major damage at Pohang, Korea in a landing accident due to weather.

Pilot: Charles C. Smith

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2578th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Ellington AFB, TX.

24 April 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: 23/01/2024