Commando 44-77679

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77679

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33075

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1611

FATE: Broken up

  January 1945 to March 1946

  44-77679 - USAAF (USA)

13 January 1945

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

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 807^th AAF Base Unit, Bergstrom AAF, TX.

13 March 1945

Damaged at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Aubrey C. Berry

While taxiing at Bergstrom AAF, TX, the Commando hit parked sistership 44-77685 of the same unit. Both airplanes were damaged.

  March 1946 to March 1948

  44-77679 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

14 March 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  March 1948 to April 1949

  44-77679 - USAF (USA)

9 March 1948

Returned to USAF service.

5 May 1948

Assigned to Langley AFB, VA.

21 February 1949

Converted to EC-46D (exempt category).

6 April 1949

Reclamation authorized.

24 February 1949

Reclamation completed. [dates discrepancy]