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Commando 44-77668

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77668

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33064

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1600

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77668 - USAAF (USA)


January 1945

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

  September 1947 to December 1954

  44-77668 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 437th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 86th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

14 March 1952

Received minor damage 19 km west of NAS Atsugi, Japan in a midair collision.

Pilot: Philip A. Rogers

Unknown date

Assigned to the 315th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 43rd Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

1 December 1954

Damaged beyond repair at Brady AB, Japan in a takeoff accident due to a fire.

Pilot: Harold W. Gilbert

Last edited: 10/05/2024