Commando 44-77661

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77661

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33057

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1593

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to January 1946

  44-77661 - USAAF (USA)

8 January 1945

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

26 January 1945

Assigned to the 8^th Air Force.

Departed the USA for Europe.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 9^th Air Force, 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing, 313^th Troop Carrier Group, 29^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at RAF Folkingham, England.

Marked "5X".

24 March 1945

Damaged during Operation Varsity over Wesel, Germany.

20 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

  January 1946 to unknown date

  44-77661 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

9 January 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

Fate unknown.