Commando 44-77686
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77686
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33082
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1618
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
January 1945 to November 1945
44-77686 - USAAF (USA)
15 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.
November 1945 to circa 1947
44-77686 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
30 November 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
Circa 1947 to unknown date
44-77686 - USAF (USA)
ca 1947
Returned to USAF service.
Assigned to the 316th Troop Carrier Group, 37th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Greenville AAB, SC.
Marked "W7-AD".
Fate unknown.
Right: 44-77686 with 37th TCS markings, probably in the southeastern USA between 1946 & 1947.
Photo credit: WWII Photos
Last edited: 16/05/2024