Commando 44-77683

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77683

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33079

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1615

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to February 1946

  44-77683 - USAAF (USA)

12 January 1945

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

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

Remained within the continental USA.

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813^th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO, Squadron B.

2 July 1945

Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a ground accident while parked.

The Commando was parked at Sedalia AAF, MO when it was hit by sistership 44-77433 taxied nearby by Robert W. Rose.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 439^th Troop Carrier Group based at Sedalia AAF, MO.

13 October 1945

Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a ground accident while parked.

The Commando was parked at Sedalia AAF, MO when it was hit by sistership 44-77887 taxied nearby by John Homa.

  February 1946 to August 1948

  44-77683 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

7 February 1946

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

ca 1948

Taken out of storage and overhauled by TALOA under a US Government contract to prepare the aircraft for delivery to China.

  August 1948 to unknown date

  C-46300 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

18 August 1948

Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.

Fate unknown.