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