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Commando 44-77482

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77482

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32878

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1414

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  November 1944 to May 1947

  44-77482 - USAAF (USA)


28 November 1944

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

Probably assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing operating in the Southwest Pacific theater.

31 January 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

  May 1947 to unknown date

  44-77482CNRRA AIR TRANSPORT (CHINESE NATIONAL RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION) (CHINA)


19 May 1947

Transferred to CNRRA Air Transport.

Initially assigned to the reserve fleet and stored at Tien Ho, Guangdong, China.

Used for parts and broken up at Tien Ho at an unknown date. [sometimes mistaken for XT-832]

Last edited: 17/07/2024