Commando 44-77510

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77510

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32906

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1442

FATE: Unknown

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77510 - 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, 48^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Grevillers-Achiet (B-54), France.

Marked "Z7".

24 March 1945

Damaged during Operation Varsity over Wesel, Germany.

The aircraft was carrying Col. Coutts, Commanding Officer of the 513^th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and famous photographer Robert Capa, who both jumped over Wesel, Germany.

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77510 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2233^rd Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Mitchel AFB, NY.

29 July 1950

Received minor damage in Trumbull, CT in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Holland L. Willard

While taxiing at Trumbull, CT, the Commando hit sistership 44-77506 of the same unit. Both aircraft suffered minor damage.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2347^th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Long Beach AFB, CA.

17 May 1958

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

4 August 1960

Reclamation authorized at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

Fate unknown.