Commando 44-77684
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77684
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33080
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1616
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
January 1945 to March 1946
44-77684 - USAAF (USA)
16 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, 807th AAF Base Unit, Bergstrom AAF, TX, Squadron C.
7 June 1945
Damaged at San Angelo AAF, TX in a taxi accident.
Pilot: Lawrence J. Montgomery
While taxiing at San Angelo AAF, TX, the Commando collided with parked North American B-25J Mitchell 44-28749 of the Central Flight Training Command.
March 1946 to unknown date
44-77684 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
1 March 1946
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 15/05/2024