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Commando 44-77662

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77662

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33058

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1594

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  January 1945 to December 1945

  44-77662 - USAAF (USA)

9 January 1945

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

29 January 1945

Assigned to the 8th Air Force, 302nd Transport Wing (Special), 31st Transport Group, 87th Transport Squadron (Cargo & Mail) based at RAF Grove, England.

Departed the USA for Europe.

5 August 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

 

Right: 44-77662 in flight in the bright livery of the 87th Transport Squadron.
Photo credit: Larry Westin

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  December 1945 to unknown date

  44-77662 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

21 December 1945

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

Fate unknown.

Last edited: 02/05/2024