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Commando 44-77547

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77547

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32943

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1479

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  December 1944 to September 1947

  44-77547 - USAAF (USA)


December 1944

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77547 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

June 1952

Assigned to the 315th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 19th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan. [also noted as Itami AB, Japan]

18 July 1952

Received minor damage at Ashiya AB, Japan in a taxi accident.

Pilot: John T. Newhart

16 March 1953

Received major damage at Yontan Auxiliary AB, Okinawa, Japan in a landing accident.

Pilot: Eugene R. Mangham

  Unknown dates

  (44-77547) - ROKAF (REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE) (SOUTH KOREA)


Unknown date

Purchased.

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 21/02/2024